The World Health Organisation ( WHO) on Monday confirmed that processed meats are as dangerous as plutonium and alcohol to your health.
WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer, which assesses the best available scientific evidence globally, has now categorised ham, bacon and sausages as carcinogenic while red meats have got off the hook for the time being - categorised as `probably carcinogenic' due to limited evidence. Processed meats are those which have been modified to increase their shelf-life or alter their taste by smoking, curing or adding salt or preservatives. As many as 34,000 deaths from cancer every year are being connected to diets high in processed meat.
The conclusion that "consumption of red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans and processed meat as carcinogenic to humans" was reached by a working group of 22 experts from 10 countries.
The IARC Monographs Programme classified the consumption of red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans and this association was observed mainly for colorectal cancer, but associations were also seen for pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer.
WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer, which assesses the best available scientific evidence globally, has now categorised ham, bacon and sausages as carcinogenic while red meats have got off the hook for the time being - categorised as `probably carcinogenic' due to limited evidence. Processed meats are those which have been modified to increase their shelf-life or alter their taste by smoking, curing or adding salt or preservatives. As many as 34,000 deaths from cancer every year are being connected to diets high in processed meat.
The conclusion that "consumption of red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans and processed meat as carcinogenic to humans" was reached by a working group of 22 experts from 10 countries.
The IARC Monographs Programme classified the consumption of red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans and this association was observed mainly for colorectal cancer, but associations were also seen for pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer.
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