Eating 1.8 0z (50g) of processed meat a day – the equivalent of just one sausage a day or two to three slices of bacon – can significantly raise your risk of bowel cancer, according to experts from WCRF or The World Cancer Research Fund. This alarming statistic adds weight to the growing body of evidence that suggest that a diet high in meat can be deadly.

According to the WCRF, the evidence from thousands of studies on lifestyle and cancer is so strong that eating processed meat increases the risk of cancer that the best option is to avoid it completely. When you consider that eating just 50g of processed meat a day can increase your risk by up to a fifth, it is clear that you can make a difference by cutting out as much as possible or even better eliminating it altogether. Processed meats may also trigger cancer in the prostate, lung, stomach and oesophagus. Processed meats are preserved by smoking and salting and include sausages, bacon, ham, salami and hot dogs. 

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