Most of the causation factors of many cancers seem to be down to random (bad) luck i.e if your numbers up, your numbers up

A five-year study of half a million men and women who have signed up to the UK Biobank research project found those who were more or less keeping to the guidelines, eating on average 76g of red or processed meat per day, had a 20% increased risk of bowel cancer compared with those who averaged 21g a day.

The risk increased by 20% with each extra slice of ham or rasher of bacon (roughly 25g) the study participants ate, and by 19% with each thick slice of roast beef or the edible part of a lamb cutlet (about 50g).

The study also found heavier drinkers of alcohol had an increased risk – up by 24% among those who drank the most alcohol compared with those who drank the least. Eating fibre in the form of breakfast cereals and bread had a protective effect, however. In January, a study commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) reported fibre also protects against heart disease.

Richard G wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:45 pm Did the study account for other lifestyle factors like social group, work types, exercise, sleeping amounts etc? I've seen some really poorly designed studies for this sort of thing.

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:12 pm You may not live forever if you give up bacon , but it'll sure seem like it

jameso wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:26 am What does count as processed meat in this context? Sausages and salami yes but (I thought) bacon is just sliced and cured. ie what is it that we're avoiding, an excess of a food type, the preservatives, both?

htrider wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:33 pm I must admit, I'm not likely to change my eating habits due to this announcement. Most of the causation factors of many cancers seem to be down to random (bad) luck i.e if your numbers up, your numbers up. The mental health benefits of a bacon roll of a morning outweigh other health risks in my reckoning

Plus doing lots of exercise substantially trumps any health dis-benefits of bad diet.

I like scrambled tofu

Mike wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 10:54 pm Anything i can get my hands on if im honest

Mike wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 10:54 pm Anything i can get my hands on if im honest

In Reverse wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 11:00 pm

Mike wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 10:54 pm Anything i can get my hands on if im honest

And what about for breakfast?

BigdummySteve wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:10 pm I’ve opted for a veggie breakfast occasionally, it’s much less heavy on the stomach although I did miss the evil bacon. That said near our Birmingham depot in Aston you can buy a breakfast wrap with chopped bacon,sausage, egg and lots of crispy black pudding its heaven.