date:Nov 04, 2015
Media outlets were abuzz this week vilifying processed and red meat after the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), released an opinion that processed meat should be classified as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1) based on sufficient evidence in humans that the consumption of processed meat causes colorectal cancer. The experts concluded that each 50 g portion of processed meat eaten daily increases the risk of colorectal can