{"id":220505,"date":"2025-08-20T11:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/red-meat-gut-byproduct-linked-to-elevated-risk-of-abdominal-aortic-aneurysms"},"modified":"2025-08-20T11:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:08:25","slug":"red-meat-gut-byproduct-linked-to-elevated-risk-of-abdominal-aortic-aneurysms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/red-meat-gut-byproduct-linked-to-elevated-risk-of-abdominal-aortic-aneurysms","title":{"rendered":"Red meat gut byproduct linked to elevated risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/red-meat-gut-byproduct-linked-to-elevated-risk-of-abdominal-aortic-aneurysms.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered a connection between elevated blood levels of TMAO (trimethylamine N-oxide)\u2014a byproduct of gut bacteria digestion of nutrients found in red meat and other animal products\u2014and a higher risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms.<\/p>\n<p>The findings, published in <i>JAMA Cardiology<\/i>, suggest that TMAO may play a role in the development, progression, and severity of this life-threatening condition, including faster rates of aneurysm expansion and greater risk for needing surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese results suggest targeting TMAO levels may help prevent and treat aneurysmal disease beyond surgery,\u201d said lead author Scott Cameron, M.D., section head of Vascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered a connection between elevated blood levels of TMAO (trimethylamine N-oxide)\u2014a byproduct of gut bacteria digestion of nutrients found in red meat and other animal products\u2014and a higher risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms. The findings, published in JAMA Cardiology, suggest that TMAO may play a role in the development, progression, and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}