WHO says processed meat causes cancer

[Fire Me Boy!]

http://www.aicr.org/press/press-rele...nd-Cancer.html

WASHINGTON, DC — The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), the nation’s leading cancer research organization focusing on the role of diet, weight and physical activity on cancer risk and survival, welcomes a new report from the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Today’s report supports AICR’s analysis of the research on red and processed meat’s role in increasing colorectal cancer risk.

The new IARC report places processed meats (hot dogs, bacon, ham, sausage, cold cuts) in Group 1: Carcinogenic to Humans, the same category as cigarettes. Red meat (beef, pork, lamb) is assigned to Group 2A: Probably Carcinogenic to Humans.

AICR strongly supports the International Agency for Research on Cancer's report classifying red and processed meats as carcinogens, and we hope it will spread the message that what we eat plays a role in cancer risk.

More at the link.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

I'm sure I tickled that belly one time or another.

You are so ****ing weird

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

I'm sure I tickled that belly one time or another.

[gonefishin53]

Gonna have to ban all those red meat serving fast food joint ads. Big media corporations won't like it but tobacco established the precedent for pushing category 1 cancer risks in the media.

[Lonewolf Ed]

I read just to the point where it was stated that the same number of bowel cancers were found in Britain among meat eaters as vegetarians, so it is obvious that while some things in processed meats *may* cause cancer, they will not in everyone. I know a hell of a lot more about cancer than I ever wanted to since I have the stuff, and my docs are baffled as to what caused mine. Everyone is different. One guy might never get poison ivy while the guy next to him gets it from dust blowing off a plant and onto his skin. One guy might be suffering from the flu like a dog and the other guy just feels a little run down. There are so many factors into how our bodies react and what we can fight off and what we cannot.

Should we avoid all the foods and beer and candies since they may cause cancer? Well, if your idea of living is to try and hide away from everything that can get you, good luck with that. I eat a healthy diet and I enjoy that, but I still treat myself every now and then to a pizza. I just had two double cheeseburgers at DQ today. Was that a good lunch? Nutritionally speaking, no. Was I scared that I was going to make my cancer stronger by eating burgers? No. If I shortened my life by a few weeks, so be it, but dammit, I wanted some cheeseburgers today!

[HonestChieffan]

PC says no to red meat. Bullshit it is. But its progressive!!

[Simply Red]

burp*

[Squalor2]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

PC says no to red meat. Bullshit it is. But its progressive!!

i wouldn’t buy any product from you. i believe you will feed your animals anything to make a profit. this is what makes you the copy/pasta your are-you sell your hormone chemical bullshit. you are the shitty man.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by teedubya

The China Study stated this years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Study

The China Study is also considered to have flaws in it too. Not just by mainstream registered dietitians but also many in the natural food or natural health fields. I know a bunch of folks that went completely vegan after that book. Not every metabolic type does well on a vegan diet, or even a vegetarian one. Some suffer a loss of health after a diet of that kind. Furthermore you can't look at foods in isolation since health is holistic. There are too many other variables in those villages they studied. Rural Chinese are less likely to die from the diseases of affluence too. On the other hand some of the principles in the book are sound. Like: " eating more whole and unprocessed foods and plant-based foods like fruits, vegetables and beans will improve the health of most Americans."

http://www.healthyeating.org/Blog/Ar...ina-Study.aspx

It's perhaps not red meat per se that's bad, but what's in it or any preservatives. So the author of the China study may have valid points in that area as well, since some in the natural health field say we're not designed to eat cattle raised on grain, fed hormones and antibiotics to maximize their growers' profits. For those who oppose those methods there is grass fed beef, organically raised chickens and wild game to eat. Reasonable quantities of animal flesh is fine but lots of fruits and vegetables ( that are not overcooked) is beneficial to good health.

[threebag]

I'm ****ed

[mdchiefsfan]

Thawing a ribeye for tonight in honor of this thread.

VIVA LA REVOLUCION!!!

[BigRichard]

Don't know if anything like this has been posted but basically this states the WHO technically is correct but they should probably clarify a little bit better.

http://digg.com/2015/bacon-cancer-explainer