Processed meat includes bacon, hot dogs, ham, sausages, bologna,
pepperoni, jerky, salami, smoked flesh, and similar products. This
includes products made with beef, pork, chicken, turkey, fish, and
other sea creatures. Here are some documented facts about these and
other processed meat products:
“Men, especially middle-aged men, eat more processed pork than women.
Higher-income Americans eat less of it than middle- and low-income
citizens. Rural Americans eat more than urban Americans. Blacks eat more
than whites. And Midwesterners eat the most per capita.”
“Just one ounce of processed meat per day increases your risk of
stomach cancer by 15 percent to 38 percent.”
(Larsson SC, Orsini N, Wolk A. Processed meat consumption and stomach
cancer risk: a meta-analysis. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Aug
2:98(15):1078-1087.)
“Every 1.7 ounces of processed meat consumed per day raises
colorectal cancer risk 21 percent.”
(World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research.
Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: A
Global Perspective. Washington, DC: AICR, 2007.)
“A Harvard study of more than 40,000 health professionals showed that
those who ate hot dogs, salami, bacon, or sausages two to four times per
week increased their risk of diabetes by 35 percent. Those who ate these
products five or more times per week experienced 50 percent increased
risk.”
(Van Dam RM, Willett WC, Rimm EB, Stampfer MJ, Hu FB. Dietary fat and
meat intake in relation to risk of type 2 diabetes in men. Diabetes
Care. March 2002;25(3).
“In 2006, Americans consumed more than 1.5 billion pounds of hot
dogs. Analysts estimate the processed meat industry will generate $22.49
billion in annual sales by 2009. Sixty-two percent of all Americans eat
smoked ham, bacon, or some form of processed pork – the average person
eats 32 pounds of it a year.”
This equates to 1.4 ounces per person per day; and since everyone
doesn’t eat these products every day, the others must eat a lot more –
which explains why there is so much cancer.
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