What I heard was that eating red meat and processed meats increases your chance for cancer by 17%. Smoking increases your chances by like 2,000%. Some of the news stories didn't do the comparison!! They also didn't include the AMOUNT of those things the folks in the studies ate.
Definitely not smoking over it (nor, probably, changing my diet - which doesn't include much of those meats anyway).
moreso processed meats like bacon, hot dogs and the stuff with nitrates. They sell hot dogs cured with celery juice and no other chemicals now. That's what I eat. 🙂
And I won't stop having my piece of bacon 2 times a week. AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!
I hate to be the health nut in the bunch. That cured meats that contain nitrites are carcinogenic is not new information. Eating a good quality read meat occassionally is o.k.
If we weren't meant to eat meat we wouldn't be omnivores. Vampires must be really unhealthy, eathing nothing BUT red meat. Though they DO live forever. Probably because they gave up smoking.
OK, I just have to be a rabble rouser here. Hope I don't get too much flak on this one. I quit eating red meat and poultry 33 years ago. At first I was just kinda curious-thought I'd give it a try. Now, I like to say, you couldn't pay me to eat meat-but I guess I'd do it if you held a gun to my head. BTW-after a bit of time, I was worried abt. getting enough protein, so added fish back. Had to go around telling folks I don't eat anything with fur or feathers for awhile, cuz the sticklers won't let a Pescatarian get away with using the word vegetarian too much. And all this explaining-just to get to my point. When I finally did quit-one thing I was hoping for was to one day view cigarettes the way I view red meat. That you couldn't pay me to do that. I am not there yet (not by a long stretch), but thanks for the roundabout reminder. Whew-that was a long winded comment!
I heard it on the news but the news I heard did not compare it to cigarettes ,If that is the case .....just as bad as cigarettes...... we are all in trouble except possibl the vegatatians who only eat vegtables but oh !..... watch out if they are gmo's , watch out if they are not 100% organic and by the way did you get a flu shot ? watch out for all the mercury in the vaccines and now that I mentioned it watch out for the mercury in the fish and possibly radiation too ! Wow Is anything safe anymore ? I have even gotten worried about microwaving any food !
My Point we are living in an age where almost everyting is a risk ! Today i can say I have illiminated one huge risk factor .....smoking !
I was a closet smoker or at least I like to think I was. After quitting smoking there is NO WAY my smoking was a secret; how could it be with the awful smell??!! This site made all the difference in my Forever Quit!
Smoke free since September 7, 2015
