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Old 26-10-2015, 11:40
Mark F
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We always hear the health scares about various foods and its the turn of processed meats.

Are we going to start seeing a lot of people turn vegetarians now!?

Looking at the links below it seems this isn't the first time such a story has come out.

Processed meats - such as bacon, sausages and ham - do cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Its report said 50g of processed meat a day - less than two slices of bacon - increased the chance of developing colorectal cancer by 18%.

Meanwhile, it said red meats were "probably carcinogenic" but there was limited evidence.

But the WHO said meat did also have health benefits

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34615621
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Old 26-10-2015, 12:04
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There's probably a resentful vegan behind all this.
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Old 26-10-2015, 12:17
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I always think if we avoided everything that could cause cancer etc we would all be very slim indeed, I am a veggie but I don't think this should be taken too seriously really my granddad had 3 slices of bacon, 2 sausages eggs and fried tomatoes with a thick slice of fried bread every day for his lunch for well over 70 years finally dying at 84 from a broken heart when my Grandmother died of lung cancer ( she had never smoked in her life). It seems to me to be luck more than anything what will get you in the end.
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Old 26-10-2015, 13:10
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We always hear the health scares about various foods and its the turn of processed meats.

Are we going to start seeing a lot of people turn vegetarians now!?

Looking at the links below it seems this isn't the first time such a story has come out.

Processed meats - such as bacon, sausages and ham - do cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Its report said 50g of processed meat a day - less than two slices of bacon - increased the chance of developing colorectal cancer by 18%.

Meanwhile, it said red meats were "probably carcinogenic" but there was limited evidence.

But the WHO said meat did also have health benefits

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34615621
You have approximately a 5% chance of getting col-rectal cancer in your lifetime so this increases it to 6%. Not a great increase is it?
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Old 26-10-2015, 14:08
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You do wonder what they are trying to prove, really.

Next they will be telling us we are all going to die. Imagine the panic that would cause!!
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Old 26-10-2015, 15:22
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You do wonder what they are trying to prove, really.

Next they will be telling us we are all going to die. Imagine the panic that would cause!!
Nooo really
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Old 26-10-2015, 16:12
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Did they not say butter caused cancer around 20 years ago, now they've changed their mind...pity these fool biatches
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Old 26-10-2015, 17:36
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Next they will be telling us we are all going to die.
Well we are.
So don't sit around starting miserable threads - eat, drink and be merry!! 🍻🍷🍔🍟
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Old 26-10-2015, 19:01
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Three words come to mind regarding these latest health scare reports ... male bovine excrement!

(In other words ... bulls**t!)
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Old 26-10-2015, 20:52
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Did they not say butter caused cancer around 20 years ago, now they've changed their mind...pity these fool biatches
No, they didn't.
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Old 26-10-2015, 20:55
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I don't eat red and processed meat. I always knew it was bad for you. It is delicious, but after you eat it it sits bad with your stomach. It's your body telling you that you shouldn't be eating it.
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Old 27-10-2015, 08:48
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We were told for years that saturated fats caused heart disease and then lo and behold we find out they don't.

18% increase of bugger all is still bugger all.
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Old 27-10-2015, 08:51
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Well we are.
So don't sit around starting miserable threads - eat, drink and be merry!! 🍻🍷🍔🍟
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I don't, I take these reports with the pinch of salt they deserve although not too big a pinch of salt as that is also bad for you...

The research shows easting too much processed red meat might increase your chances of developing certain types of cancer from 5% to 6%. That is it. And yet the way this has been vastly exaggerated by the media is quite ridiculous.
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Old 27-10-2015, 11:11
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I always think if we avoided everything that could cause cancer etc we would all be very slim indeed, I am a veggie but I don't think this should be taken too seriously really my granddad had 3 slices of bacon, 2 sausages eggs and fried tomatoes with a thick slice of fried bread every day for his lunch for well over 70 years finally dying at 84 from a broken heart when my Grandmother died of lung cancer ( she had never smoked in her life). It seems to me to be luck more than anything what will get you in the end.
Exactly, I gave up when they said that applying deodorant could cause breast cancer. We've all got to go some how
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