Processed meat is a carcinogen, will you cut down eating it?

[peenie 2,040]

Will you stop eating it altogether?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), processed lunch meats like ham and other cold cuts have been classified as Group 1 carcinogens, meaning there’s strong scientific evidence they can contribute to cancer in humans. To put that in perspective, this classification also includes substances like tobacco, asbestos, and arsenic. 

Additionally, “Many deli meats are also ultra-processed, made from reconstituted meat pastes with additives like carrageenan, maltodextrin, and corn-syrup solids.”

But it isn’t just cancer risks you’re increasing when you chow down on sliced ham. “Even small daily amounts were associated with higher rates of type 2 diabetes and ischemic heart disease,” Dr. Shah writes.

On top of this, “Deli ham is often extremely high in sodium and saturated fat, which can contribute to high blood pressure, elevated LDL cholesterol, and increased stroke risk.”

 

[Engorgeous George 2,379]

Nope.  

[seafoam1 3,616]

6 minutes ago, peenie said:

Will you stop eating it altogether?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), processed lunch meats like ham and other cold cuts have been classified as Group 1 carcinogens, meaning there’s strong scientific evidence they can contribute to cancer in humans. To put that in perspective, this classification also includes substances like tobacco, asbestos, and arsenic. 

Additionally, “Many deli meats are also ultra-processed, made from reconstituted meat pastes with additives like carrageenan, maltodextrin, and corn-syrup solids.”

But it isn’t just cancer risks you’re increasing when you chow down on sliced ham. “Even small daily amounts were associated with higher rates of type 2 diabetes and ischemic heart disease,” Dr. Shah writes.

On top of this, “Deli ham is often extremely high in sodium and saturated fat, which can contribute to high blood pressure, elevated LDL cholesterol, and increased stroke risk.”

 

If you want to try to live until you are 150, have at it. Eat all the things they tell you to eat(it will be everychanging by the way). 

Me? I'm here to enjoy life into my 80s maybe. Stay thin and agile, until I can't do the things I love anymore. Then, I'll be all good with calling it a life. 

[Strike 6,164]

I think lack of physical activity is the biggest problem we have with people not being healthy.  That being said, our life expectancy is still pretty damn high compared to the past.  Sometimes it seems like these "studies" are really just looking for a way for those "scientists" to justify their existence and/or funding.  Seems like every 5 years or so they come out with a new one contradicting a previous one.  

[peenie 2,040]

I agree! I’m going to continue eating what I like!  

 

[MikeMatt 550]

So does eating pvssy. On a separate note I still eat roast beef. 

[easilyscan 1,132]

I quit eating lunch meat made by companies like Oscar Meyer quite a while ago. It really is garbage food.

If I want lunch meat, roast beef, turkey, chicken, I buy the expensive stuff from Schmidt's meat market. Can cost up to $16 a pound. I'd like to think that while it's probably not the healthiest thing to eat, certainly not as bad as the crap from Oscar Meyer.

https://schmidtsmeatmarket.com

 

 

[League Champion 1,953]

2 hours ago, peenie said:

Will you stop eating it altogether?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), processed lunch meats like ham and other cold cuts have been classified as Group 1 carcinogens, meaning there’s strong scientific evidence they can contribute to cancer in humans. To put that in perspective, this classification also includes substances like tobacco, asbestos, and arsenic. 

Additionally, “Many deli meats are also ultra-processed, made from reconstituted meat pastes with additives like carrageenan, maltodextrin, and corn-syrup solids.”

But it isn’t just cancer risks you’re increasing when you chow down on sliced ham. “Even small daily amounts were associated with higher rates of type 2 diabetes and ischemic heart disease,” Dr. Shah writes.

On top of this, “Deli ham is often extremely high in sodium and saturated fat, which can contribute to high blood pressure, elevated LDL cholesterol, and increased stroke risk.”

 

Smart people knew this decades ago 

[weepaws 3,487]

6 hours ago, League Champion said:

Smart people knew this decades ago 

So, you just found this out.  

[Gepetto 1,511]

Lunch meat does NOT contribute to Type 2 Diabetes. Eating it with bread and/or with potato chips could, so that's probably the association.

[weepaws 3,487]

i would rather have bread, chips with chicken salad.  

[Gepetto 1,511]

3 hours ago, weepaws said:

i would rather have bread, chips with chicken salad.  

Sounds good. 

[supermike80 2,190]

I think anything in moderation is acceptable.  So occasional cold cuts are fine.

I will not eat Boars Head though.   I generally am NOT a protest kinda guy.   But after they killed what, 10 people--I was put off.  THEN, their response was to close the plant that it originated from, putting hundreds out of work cause you a holes can't implement better cleaning practices.   THEN-----they got caught again in an inspection with awful sanitary conditions at other plants.

So..no Boars Head for me