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Meat Eaters claimed to be have a elevated threat of CancerFiled Under: Cancer

U.S. Investigators has discovered that people who consume a lot of red meat and processed meats have a higher danger of numerous types of cancer, including lung cancer and colorectal cancer.

The work is the first big study to show a link between meat and lung cancer. It also establishes that people who eat a lot of meat have a higher risk of liver and esophageal cancer and that men raise their risk of pancreatic cancer by eating red meat.

“A decrease in the consumption of red and processed meat could reduce the incidence of cancer at multiple sites,” Dr. Amanda Cross and colleagues at the U.S. National Cancer Institute wrote in their report.

The researchers studied 500,000 people aged 50 to 71 who participated in a diet and wellness study done in conjunction with the AARP, formerly the American Association for Retired Persons.

After eight years, 53,396 cases of cancer were diagnosed.

“Statistically significant elevated risks (ranging from 20 percent to 60 percent) were evident for esophageal, colorectal, liver, and lung cancer, comparing individuals in the highest with those in the lowest quintile of red meat intake,” the researchers wrote.

The people in the top 20 percent of eating treated meat had a 20 percent higher risk of colorectal cancer — mostly rectal cancer — and a 16 percent higher risk for lung cancer.

“Furthermore, red meat intake was associated with an elevated risk for cancers of the oesophagus and liver,” the researchers wrote.

These differences held even when smoking was accounted for.

Meats can cause cancer by numerous routes, the researchers observed. “For example, they are both sources of saturated fat and iron, which have independently been associated with carcinogenesis,” the researchers wrote.

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