How bad would the news have to be to stop you from eating bacon?
Well, it’s pretty bad. A review of previous studies into the health effects of eating bacon has concluded that eating three rashers a day can increase the risk of fatal heart disease by a quarter.
But it’s not just heart disease that bacon-lovers need to watch out for. The review also argues that pigging down pork can increase the risk of diabetes by 32% and the risk of dying from cancer by 8%.
The review generally supported recent claims linking red meat to cancer, finding that eating over 100 grams of red meat a day “increases the risk of advanced prostate cancer and bowel cancer by 19% and 17% respectively” according to the Independent.
Red meat also appears to increase the risk of death from breast cancer by 15%.
This review reflects the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer decision towards the end of 2015 to announce that red meat “probably” causes cancer.
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