World Cancer Research Fund recommends no processed meat in kids lunches

[steven johnson]

The evidence is very strong that processed meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer. Several organizations are recommending drastically curtailing intake of these foods.

Parents have been urged not to put ham and other smoked, salted or cured meat into their children's lunchboxes to help them reduce the risk of cancer.
The World Cancer Research Fund said parents should act now to stop their children developing a taste for processed meat.
Eating too much over decades can raise the risk of bowel cancer, they said.
It is only in recent years that the link between processed meats and bowel cancer in adults has been made, with some estimates suggesting that thousands of cases could be prevented if everyone limited intake to 70g a week - equivalent to three rashers of bacon.


Charity seeks end to lunchbox ham

A class-action consumer-fraud lawsuit was filed on July 22 against various manufacturers of hot dogs for failing to warn consumers that consumption of hot dogs increases cancer risk. The lawsuit cites evidence from our expert report showing that processed meat consumption is associated with an increased risk of coloncancer.

- Based on the conclusions of our 2007 expert report, AICR recommends limiting consumption of red meat to 18 ounces (cooked) per week, and avoiding processed meat. This is just one of the 10 AICR recommendations for cancer prevention.

On the subject of processed meat (hot dogs, cold cuts, ham, etc.) and colon cancer, the collected evidence indicates that every 50 gram serving of processed meat (roughly equivalent to 1 hot dog) eaten per day increases colorectal cancer risk by 21 percent. (Note: this means that people who eat a hot dog every day have a 21 percent higher risk of colorectal cancer than if they never eat hot dogs.)

- A 21 percent higher risk is significant and cause for concern; that is why our recommendation is to avoid processed meat.


AICR Statement: Hot Dogs And Cancer Risk

[hedgehog]

1. I wonder if the same risk applies to processed meats

prepared using traditional recipes minus additives other than salt.

[customerserviceguy]

2. I strongly suspect that the real target

is not the processing, many groups of people have long had their versions of sausage, but the real target is meat.

[steven johnson]

3. Nitrosamines created from nitrite preservatives are carcinogens

Nitrosamines are associated with colorectal, stomach, brain ans pancreatic cancers and leukemia in children. They can be found in nitrite preserved food, some natural foods and cigarette smoke.

The nitrite forms nitrous acid (HNO2), which splits into the nitrosyl cation (N=O+) and the hydroxide (OH-) anion. The nitrosyl cation then reacts with an amine to produce nitrosamine.

Nitrosamines are found in many foodstuffs especially beer, fish, fish byproducts, and in meat and cheese products preserved with nitrite pickling salt. They are formed when the food protein reacts with nitrite salts in the stomach. They can also be formed by frying or smoking. The rule of thumb is: nitrosamine-content is lower if the food has been processed less, fewer preservatives used, and natural production techniques used.
CancerNitrosamines can cause cancers in animals and humans.

Nitrosamine

A. Carcinogenesis and nitrosamines

Since the discovery of the carcinogenic property of dimethylnitrosamine (Magee & Barnes, 1956), many other nitrosamines have been found to induce malignant tumours in various species of laboratory animals (Magee & Barnes, 1967). There is growing concern with regard to certain nitrosamines as etiological agents for cancer in the human environment (Lijinsky & Epstein, 1970). It is generally accepted that the use of nitrite as a food preservative may be associated with the formation of nitrosamines in foods as well as in the animal organism. The nitrosamines vary in their carcinogenic potential. They can induce malignant tumours at very low levels, such as 2 ppm (0.0002%) in the diet of rats (Terracini et al., 1967), equivalent to daily doses of 0.1 mg/kg bw. A single oral dose of 30 mg/kg bw of nitrosamine proved to be carcinogenic in the rat (Druckrey et al., 1969). Tumours of the trachea developed in the offspring of hamsters treated either during pregnancy or lactation with nitrosamine (Mohr & Althof, 1971).

http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v05je15.htm"> Toxicological evaluation of some food additives

Recent case-control studies have confirmed the risks of cancer from consumption of hot dogs. Eating many hot dogs by children, as well maternal hot dog consumption during pregnancy, has been shown to be associated with brain cancer and leukemia in children. (15,16,17)


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[customerserviceguy]

4. Yes, I realize the crap they put in meat these days

is probably bad for you. Yet, I suspect that the real target is meat itself, which is considered politically incorrect by a goodly number of people who use science to promote their political/moral views.

[Why Syzygy]

5. It's the PROCESSING.

There is no hidden meat agenda in this move. We've known since the 70s that processed meat is not healthy.

But don't worry. You can still have yours! My housemate eats weiners and ham and bacon almost EVERY DAY! And pork all the figging time. He's going next week for MRI and stress tests and heart monitoring and .... THAT's the meat angle. Not colon cancer.

[customerserviceguy]

6. Good

I do love my bacon, and I like to go down to the Polish deli in South Amboy for some genuine kielbasa!

[Why Syzygy]

7. Like we didn't know that....

:rofl:

[supernova]

8. I've bought organic deli meats and sausages

when I get that craving for 20+ years now, ever since they came out with the nitrites/nitrates warning. The organic versions are nitrate/nitrite free.

I don't eat them all the time (Hungarian Pick salami!! :9 :9 :9 ) But I eat them maybe a handful of times during the year.

And I read labels like a HAWK! N/N are in everything!

[skye_line]

9. Very Nice

Wonder what they're going to replace the meat products with? Tofu?