Thursday, October 29, 2015

Eating meat and cancer by Grant Evans

Years of evidence and studies have just linked meat eating specifically processed meats to help cause cancer. It has been found that salting, curing, fermenting, or smoking meat can be a Group 1 carcinogen, which includes smoking and asbestos. Although the eating meat is not as risky as smoking but can still cause cancer. Research suggest that 66 out of 1000 people will get bowel cancer the ones eating the most processed meats receiving cancer. Also the eating of red meat is considered probably carcinogenic. Research recommends eating no more than 500 grams of red meat a week. Curing and smoking meat can cause DNA damage and the way some meat is cooked can cause cellular damage.

Do you think that there are other things we do/eat everyday that are bad for us?
Will this limit your intake of meat?



4 comments:

  1. there are so much preservatives and bacteria that grows on meat it wouldn't surprise me if it didn't cause cancer to be honest

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  2. Hopefully this gets the government more involved in food management both in treatment of animals and in the preservatives used in meat.
    Jake Dunbar

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  3. I love meat and If I just so happened to get cancer then at least I died eating what I loved

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  4. I love meat and If I just so happened to get cancer then at least I died eating what I loved

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