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‘BAN BACON’ SAY CANCER EXPERTS
Avoid all processed meats say cancer experts
Wednesday October 31,2007
By Emily Garnham
HAM and bacon should be cut from our diets to avoid the risk of bowel cancer, a landmark study has shown.
The World Cancer Research Fund study found strong evidence that eating red meat and processed meats such as pastrami, salami, and frankfurters can cause bowel cancer.
The panel – that has reviewed half a million published papers worldwide - recommended that the health conscious should eat less than 18 ounces of red meat per week and avoid processed meat altogether.
The study that will be released on Wednesday, defined processed meat as preserved by smoking, curing, salting or the addition of preservatives. Not all minced meats and hamburgers were considered “processed”.
It also found a direct link between obesity and alcohol intake and the likelihood of falling victim to cancer.
Survey chair Sir Michael Marmot, professor of epidemiology and public health at University College London, was surprised at these findings.
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He said: "We have known about obesity and overweight in relation to cardio-vascular disease and diabetes. The idea that it is strongly linked to cancer, I think, is relatively new.”
He also suggested the direct link between increased weight and increased cancer risk was even stronger than the link between cigarettes and cancer:
"With smoking, we know that if you smoke you increase your risk, but most smokers in the end don't get cancer, so it's not a one-to-one relation," he explained.
"With obesity it is very clear and it is a graded phenomenon. The more overweight you are, the more obese you are, the higher the risk of cancer."
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A healthy diet is not a guaranteed safeguard against bowel cancer but it lowers the risk
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Charity Beating Bowel Cancer – which raises awareness of the disease that claims 50 lives in the UK every day – welcomed the WCRF’s report that “highlights the importance of a well-balanced diet in the prevention of bowel cancer.”
A spokeswoman for the charity, which awarded presenter Sian Lloyd with the title of ‘Rear of The Year’ in 2007, told dailyexpress.co.uk that moderation is key to a healthy diet: “Keeping fit, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking have invaluable benefits for our health.
“Although these factors are
not a guaranteed safeguard against bowel cancer, the report adds weight
to the theory that they lower one's risk of developing the disease” she told us.
The WCRF panel’s advice on avoiding cancer through diet were:
1.Be as lean as possible within the normal range of body weight
2.Be physically active as part of everyday life
3.Limit consumption of energy-dense foods and avoid sugary drinks
4.Eat mostly foods of plant origin
5.Limit intake of red meat and avoid processed meat
6.Limit consumption of salt, and avoid mouldy cereals or pulses
7.Aim to meet nutritional needs through diet alone
8.If a new mother, breastfeed your baby
For more information on bowel cancer, see www.beatingbowelcancer.org
For more details on the findings of the survey, see www.wcrf.org
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SHUT UP
01.11.07, 7:22pm
With the greatest of respect, will those so called professionals just shut the hell up.
Gosh!!! arn't you fed-up with the endless amount of what we should and should'nt do, I am and that's for sure.
Who are they targeting? Hey! wake-up! those most vulnerable in society can't afford a good healthy diet, they have to make do with low grade food.
Maybe, it's about time we had sub headlines under all the headlines like, "this headline is for those paupers" "the headlins is for the rich and sod the rest of you".
Get real....
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• Posted by: nickisplight • Report Comment
BAN BACON....
01.11.07, 9:58am
the health and food nazis are at it again, exercise and only eat what they say is safe,then barring that you dont get mugged or murdered and live to a ripe old age you then have to contend with the NHS, great future.
• Posted by: rev • Report Comment
BAN EVERYTHING
01.11.07, 9:41am
Bacon,ham,wine,red meat,bread.and countless other foodstuffs are allegedly not good for you.All that is left,Broccoli,Zinc tablets and Soya milk.I think ill take my chances with a bacon buttie and a pint of Guiness.Who wants 10 extra years of life,When you will be a burden on the Communist state so im doing the NHS a favour by checking out early.
• Posted by: diddleydoo • Report Comment
‘BAN BACON’ SAY CANCER EXPERTS
01.11.07, 9:14am
I almost did'nt eat my bacon roll today...... but the temptation was too great ....... beautifully cooked with the fat just slightly crispy .... and a little salt to bring out the flavour ........
BACONS HERE TO STAY ......
• Posted by: Eddie • Report Comment
CHRISTMAS TO BE DOWNGRADED
31.10.07, 8:07pm
Bacon's not all they want to ban
From the Daily Mail
"Britain is no longer a Christian nation and Christmas should be downgraded in favour of festivals from other religions to improve race relations, according to an explosive new report."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=490925&in_page_id=1770&in_page_id=1770&ct=5&expand=true#StartComments
• Posted by: back_to_basics • Report Comment
THOUGHT POLICE MAKE A MOVE ON BACON!
31.10.07, 7:11pm
Ban bacon? The 'thought police' who like to appease Muslims will love this one! Also, banning ham, pastrami, salami, and frankfurters will hurt our continental cousins more. Does this professor not realise that thanks to the Labour government, we bow to Europe now, they tell us what do?
The guy must live in a fantasy world?
• Posted by: steveg • Report Comment
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