In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that processed meat is in Group 1 (“carcinogenic [cancer-causing] to humans”) and that red meat is in Group 2A (“probably carcinogenic to humans”), based on evidence for increased risks of colorectal cancer.
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What is processed meat?
Sausages, bacon, ham, hot dogs, deli meats and other meats that have been transformed through curing, smoking, salting and other processes to make it last longer or taste better
What is red meat?
Meat from mammals, such as beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton, horse, or goat meat.
There is strong evidence that red and processed meats increases the risk of colorectal cancer. There is less strong but a possible role of red and processed meats in increasing the risk of breast and prostate cancer.
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