From the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization, a statement had been issued previously which had said that, eating a diet heavy in processed meats like hot dogs and salami could increase people’s risk of developing colorectal cancer. After having analysed more than 800 studies, classified processed meats had been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen with alcohol, smoking, and various chemical compounds, while red meat, such as beef or pork were categorized as a Group 2A possible carcinogen.

Now, the statement has since been called for modification. Having a diet rich in red meats and bacon might not get your chances of cancer as likely as a smoker after all. Three out of every 10,000 cases of colorectal cancer is caused by processed meats, a nutritional and gastrointestinal health expert told The Guardian—that’s about 40 cases in the U.S. per year. Smoking, on the other hand, is responsible for 30 percent of all cancer deaths (and many more cases), which is almost 177,000 deaths per year in the U.S. alone.

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Thus, even though, there is a strong correlation between consumption of processed meat and other red meats, your chances of developing cancer are much likelier with alcohol, smoking and obesity. You can have these delicious processed meats- as long as you remember to moderate.

“For an individual, the risk of developing colorectal (bowel) cancer because of their consumption of processed meat remains small, but this risk increases with the amount of meat consumed,” said Kurt Straif, the head of the IARC program, in a press release.

Author:Technology Blog