Meat and cancer

[Indy51]

Gotta love epidemiology

On a more serious note, this dissection of "nutrition science" is well worth reading:

https://www.realclearscience.com/ar...hers_have_a_consensus_to_use_bad_science.html

 

[Dark Horse]

Gotta love epidemiology

On a more serious note, this dissection of "nutrition science" is well worth reading:

https://www.realclearscience.com/ar...hers_have_a_consensus_to_use_bad_science.html

The unreliability of self-report data is just one of many difficulties affecting nutritional research. The topic is discussed in this article:- http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/69/6/1315s.full

 

[lindisfel]

Best not to live, then you wouldn't have to die!

 

[MaxineKL]

Is it okay to eat a lot of processed meat and ham?
I know it is okay about diabetes and blood glucose but what about the risk of cancer?

It's the nitrates and nitrates often used to preserve processed meats that have been implicated in causing cancer. So it's best to look for brands without these ingredients (readily available in Canada, and probably also in the UK).