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What Is Processed Meat and Is It Unhealthy?

You’ve likely heard that processed meats aren’t the best for your health, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping us from eating them regularly. The average American consumes around 187 grams (or 6.6 ...
Daily Express

Six in ten Brits are unaware that processed meat increases risk of bowel cancer

Processed meat is defined as any meat that has been preserved by smoking, curing, salting, or adding chemical preservatives – such as ham, bacon, and sausages, as well as luncheon meats. Certain ...
The Argus

Processed meats as big a cancer threat as cigarettes, health experts to say

Global health experts are to warn that bacon, ham and sausages are as big a cancer threat as cigarettes, it has been reported. The World Health Organisation (WHO) will publish a report on Monday on ...
Medindia

Is Processed Red Meat Harming Your Brain?

Processed red meats may raise the risk of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and ALS due to harmful compounds Iron, sodium, nitrates, and TMAO (trimethylamine N-oxide) from these meats can drive oxidative ...
The Hearty Soul on MSN

Why eating more processed meat increases your risk for serious health problems

Processed meat is designed for convenience. It is salty, shelf-stable, and engineered to taste strong even after weeks in a fridge. That same processing also changes what ends up in the body. Over ...
The Sun

More than half of Brits unaware that eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer, survey says

SIXTY per cent of Brits are unaware eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer. A poll of 2,000 adults found 27 per cent were not worried at all about the potential impact processed meat could ...
London Evening Standard

Eating red and processed meat ‘increases risk of heart disease’

Meat such as beef, lamb and pork, and processed meats such as bacon and some sausages, are already linked to bowel cancer. A study has found that processed meat, including ham and bacon, raises the ...
The Independent

Processed meats 'raise risk of heart disease'

Eating processed meats like bacon, ham and sausages can increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to new research. Processed meats are already linked to a higher chance of developing ...
Daily Express

High blood pressure warning: The worst meat that increases hypertension risk

Known to be significantly high in salt content, processed meats – such as hot dogs, bacon, and sausages – should only be eaten in moderation in order to reduce high blood pressure risk. Senior ...
Daily Mail

Fans of bacon are shocked to learn how the processed meat is actually made in grisly video showing the manufacturing process

A video showing how bacon is made has resurfaced - and it has taught fans of the meat how it is really made. The clip, which was originally aired by the Discovery UK channel in 2018 and has reappeared ...
BBC

Processed meat 'linked to breast cancer'

Regularly eating foods like bacon and sausages may raise the risk of breast cancer, according to researchers. A review of studies found women who ate high levels of processed meat had a 9% increased ...