How Much Cancer Does Lunch Meat Cause?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2015-11-11

Why does the leading cancer and diet authority recommend we avoid bacon, ham, hot dogs, sausage and all processed meat (including chicken and turkey)?

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More on processed meat can be found in videos such as:
• How to Avoid Phosphate Additives (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-avoid-phosphate-additives/)
• Autopsy of Chicken Nuggets (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/autopsy-of-chicken-nuggets/)
• Bacon, Eggs, and Gestational Diabetes During Pregnancy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/bacon-eggs-and-gestational-diabetes-during-pregnancy-2/)
• Why is Meat a Risk Factor for Diabetes? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/why-is-meat-a-risk-factor-for-diabetes/)

But cancer risk has been associated with unprocessed meat as well via a variety of potential mechanisms:
• PhIP: The Three Strikes Breast Carcinogen (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/phip-the-three-strikes-breast-carcinogen/)
• Meat Fumes: Dietary Secondhand Smoke (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/meat-fumes-dietary-secondhand-smoke/)
• How Many Cancers Have Been Caused by Arsenic-Laced Chicken? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-many-cancers-have-been-caused-by-arsenic-laced-chicken/)
• Prevent Cancer From Going on TOR (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/prevent-cancer-from-going-on-tor/)
• Starving Cancer with Methionine Restriction (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/starving-cancer-with-methionine-restriction/)

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