[Neema]

http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters...r_meat_dc.html

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who eat a lot of red meat and processed meats have a higher risk of several types of cancer, including lung cancer and colorectal cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

The work is the first big study to show a link between meat and lung cancer. It also shows that people who eat a lot of meat have a higher risk of liver and esophageal cancer and that men raise their risk of pancreatic cancer by eating red meat.

"A decrease in the consumption of red and processed meat could reduce the incidence of cancer at multiple sites," Dr. Amanda Cross and colleagues at the U.S. National Cancer Institute wrote in their report, published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Medicine.

The researchers studied 500,000 people aged 50 to 71 who took part in a diet and health study done in conjunction with the AARP, formerly the American Association for Retired Persons.

After eight years, 53,396 cases of cancer were diagnosed.

"Statistically significant elevated risks (ranging from 20 percent to 60 percent) were evident for esophageal, colorectal, liver, and lung cancer, comparing individuals in the highest with those in the lowest quintile of red meat intake," the researchers wrote.

The people in the top 20 percent of eating processed meat had a 20 percent higher risk of colorectal cancer -- mostly rectal cancer -- and a 16 percent higher risk for lung cancer.

"Furthermore, red meat intake was associated with an elevated risk for cancers of the esophagus and liver," the researchers wrote.

These differences held even when smoking was accounted for.

"Red meat intake was not associated with gastric or bladder cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, or melanoma," added the researchers, whose study is freely available on the Internet at http://medicine.plosjournals.org/per...=get-document& doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0040325.

Red meat was defined as all types of beef, pork and lamb. Processed meat included bacon, red meat sausage, poultry sausage, luncheon meats, cold cuts, ham and most types of hot dogs including turkey dogs.

Meats can cause cancer by several routes, the researchers noted. "For example, they are both sources of saturated fat and iron, which have independently been associated with carcinogenesis," the researchers wrote.

Meat is also a source of several chemicals known to cause DNA mutations, including N-nitroso compounds (NOCs), heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

Jeanine Genkinger of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and Anita Koushik of the University of Montreal said the findings fit in with other research.

"Meat consumption in relation to cancer risk has been reported in over a hundred epidemiological studies from many countries with diverse diets," they wrote in a commentary.

(Reporting by Maggie Fox; Editing by Julie Steenhuysen and Eric Beech"

[SpecC]

what doesn't cause cancer nowadays?

[schneid4323]

Wow im more fucked then I already was, which was pretty fucked.

[Kiemyster]

Originally Posted by SpecC

what doesn't cause cancer nowadays?

exactly what im thinking. everything we eat is killing us, either its infused with MSG, or shot-gun loaded with other shit our bodies should never have. EVERYTHING we consume is killing us, thank you FDA

[O-cha]

Probably all the growth hormones, you don't even want to know about it in the slightest bit trust me.

[!Xoible]

since we're fucked anyway why stop eating that shit?

[jetblk328i]

Originally Posted by SpecC

what doesn't cause cancer nowadays?

+1, it seems that nowadays everything is bad for you somehow.....i guess its back to just eating tofu lol, wait till they say that kills brain cells lol

[schneid4323]

I am now eating red meat. Bite. Bite. Bite. No cancer yet.

[truong321]

Originally Posted by schneid4323

I am now eating red meat. Bite. Bite. Bite. No cancer yet.

lol

[OC Guy]

brb gotta go to In N Out...

[Neurorad]

Everyone you know, someday, will die.

[DFW_M]

Originally Posted by Neurorad

Everyone you know, someday, will die.

Attachment 117055

Excellent !

[Couch]

+1 with what doesn't cause cancer? Everything does, or so they say.

All of my grandparents had some form of cancer, so I have a very high chance that I'll have it as well. I don't worry about shit I can't control. I eat right and excercise so I'm just living my life in a way that makes me feel better.

I'm gonna eat the hell out of red meat when I want.

If you want to fear meat, fear pork. Look up info on it, will make you sick. But I still love my bacon.

[gonzo]

I smoke. I drink. I eat the hell out of red meat. I get in a steel projectile every morning. I sleep with strange women.
Did I say I drink?
I am a happy camper. One ticket. Then you die. Ride over.

[Revlis]

Originally Posted by Couch

+1 with what doesn't cause cancer? Everything does, or so they say.

All of my grandparents had some form of cancer, so I have a very high chance that I'll have it as well. I don't worry about shit I can't control. I eat right and excercise so I'm just living my life in a way that makes me feel better.

I'm gonna eat the hell out of red meat when I want.

If you want to fear meat, fear pork. Look up info on it, will make you sick. But I still love my bacon.

Hell yeah, I get really tired of hearing all the alarmist bullshit. Most of it is politically motivated in one way or another anyway.

One thing you can do though is find a local Ranch, fork out some money and get beef that isn't loaded with hormones and other crap. Costs more, MUCH more, but it tastes 100% better, besides, the increased cost shouldn't be a concern for any of us anyway. At least not when you consider the crap meat that is at your local grocery store or the scary pseudo-beef you get at the fast food places.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Revlis

Hell yeah, I get really tired of hearing all the alarmist bullshit. Most of it is politically motivated in one way or another anyway.

One thing you can do though is find a local Ranch, fork out some money and get beef that isn't loaded with hormones and other crap. Costs more, MUCH more, but it tastes 100% better, besides, the increased cost shouldn't be a concern for any of us anyway. At least not when you consider the crap meat that is at your local grocery store or the scary pseudo-beef you get at the fast food places.

You have been laying low eh?

[phantom330]

I'll have a steak then a cig for dessert. Thanks Everything appears to be bad for you these days.

[MikeCCrutchfield]

You don't cook your food, you die from bacteria
You cook your food, it causes cancer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcino..._prepared_food

[Revlis]

Originally Posted by gonzo

You have been laying low eh?

Man, just busy... And I got a little tired of the Mentally Challenged Kids on this forum. Just a shame sometimes.

How you been, Channeling the Good Doctor Hunter S?

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Revlis

Man, just busy... And I got a little tired of the Mentally Challenged Kids on this forum. Just a shame sometimes.

How you been, Channeling the Good Doctor Hunter S?

Our design/build company is booming like crazy. I thought about pulling a Kreskin(sp) yesterday and just getting my dog and going to beach in Mexico and carve coconuts for food and beer.

[Revlis]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Our design/build company is booming like crazy. I thought about pulling a Kreskin(sp) yesterday and just getting my dog and going to beach in Mexico and carve coconuts for food and beer.

Good To hear... Busy is much much better than slow... At least business wise.

Have a good one. And watch out for cooked red meat...

dude i eat fast food everyday like two times a day im pretty sure IM fucked