Arthur
Well-Known Member
I just copied out this little bit from the irishtimes article ....“There’s substantial evidence that red and processed meat are linked to bowel cancer, and the World Health Organisation classifies processed meat as carcinogenic and red meat as probably carcinogenic." The mind boggles if the W H O is serious with this claim, consider the Roundup case and if the red and processed meat issue was taken to the courts by anyone with bowel cancer the processing industry could be obliterated.of course studies are flawed. remember the other day listening to redfm and they mentioned that rashers can cause bowel cancer. all i could do is laugh as, A: they didnt mention if it was compared to other meats . B: a rasher is fried, usually in oil. they didnt mention how the rasher is cooked and C: they mentioned that the people being tested on had a rasher everyday. its not out of the realms of possibility that someone could eat a rasher everyday but i'd say the good majority of people dont. also there is other variables at play here like what the pig was fed to how the meat was cured. i'm gonna have a look around the internet to find study. but my main complaint is that the study wasnt talked about in great detail on redfm. they just spurted out what the result of the study was and went on their merry way to the next headline. thats part of the problem nowadays. majority of ppl take the headline as fact without reading the whole story for context. thats how misinformation spreads
Edit: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ire...-day-can-increase-bowel-cancer-risk-1.3863215
they seem to answer some of the questions raised i have up above. also i like that they mention to try other meats and fish instead of saying "stay away from meat! it bad for you! try nuts and lentils!"