New research says that intake of red meat such as bacon, sausage, unsalted beef or pork on a daily basis can decrease your life.

It was found that a decreased risk of 25 percent to nearly 50 percent of all-cause mortality for very low meat intake compared with higher meat intake.

"This clinical-based evidence can assist physicians in counselling patients about the important role diet plays, leading to improved preventive care, a key consideration in the osteopathic philosophy of medicine," said Brookshield Laurent, assistant professor at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine in the US.

Laurent further added "This data reinforces what we have known for so long - your diet has great potential to harm or heal".

The review conducted by researchers on more than 1.5 million with a goal of giving primary care physicians evidence-based guidance about whether they should discourage patients from eating meat.

People with age limit of 5.5 to 28 years were followed by them and considered the association of processed meat (such as bacon, sausage, salami, hot dogs and ham) and unprocessed red meat (including uncured, unsalted beef, pork, lamb or game).