9/23/2013

HEALTH ALERT - Processed Meats Declared Too Dangerous for Human Consumption




HEALTH ALERT -- Processed Meats Declared Too Dangerous for Human Consumption

By Mike Adams

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has just completed a detailed review of more than 7,000 clinical studies covering links between diet and cancer.  Its conclusion is rocking the health world with startling bluntness: processed meats are too dangerous for human consumption.  Consumers should stop buying and eating all processed meat products for the rest of their lives.  Processed meats include bacon, sausage, hotdogs, sandwich meat, packaged ham, pepperoni, salami and virtually all red meat used in frozen prepared meals.
They are usually manufactured with a carcinogenic ingredient known as sodium nitrite.  This is used as a colour fixer by meat companies to turn packaged meats a bright red colour so they look fresh. Unfortunately, sodium nitrite also results in the formation of cancer-causing nitrosamines in the human body. And this leads to a sharp increase in cancer risk for those who eat them.
A 2005 University of Hawaii study found that processed meats increase the risk of pancreatic cancer by 67 per cent. Another study revealed that every 50 grams of processed meat consumed daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 50 per cent. These are alarming numbers. Note that these cancer risks do not come from eating fresh, non-processed meats. They only appear in people who regularly consume processed meat products containing sodium nitrite.
Sodium nitrite appears predominantly in red meat products (you won't find it in chicken or fish products). Here's a short list of food items to check carefully for sodium nitrite and monosodium glutamate (MSG), another dangerous additive:
* Beef jerky
* Bacon
* Sausage
* Hot dogs
* Sandwich meat
* Frozen pizza with meat
* Canned soups with meat
* Frozen meals with meat
* Ravioli and meat pasta
foods
* Kid's meals containing red meat
* Sandwich meat used at popular
restaurants
* Nearly all red meats sold at public schools, restaurants,
hospitals, hotels and theme parks

If sodium nitrite is so dangerous
to humans, why do the FDA and USDA continue to allow this cancer-causing chemical to be used? The answer, of course, is that food industry interests now dominate the actions by U.S. government regulators. The USDA, for example, tried to ban sodium nitrite in the late 1970's but was overridden by the meat industry. It insisted the chemical was safe and accused the USDA of trying to "ban bacon."
Today, the corporations that dominate American food and agricultural interests hold tremendous influence over the FDA and USDA. Consumers are offered no real protection from dangerous chemicals intentionally added to foods, medicines and personal care products.

You can protect yourself and your family from
the dangers of processed meats by following a few simple rules:
1. Always
read ingredient labels.
2. Don't buy anything made with sodium nitrite or
monosodium glutamate.
3. Don't eat red meats served by restaurants, schools,
hospitals, hotels or other institutions.

And finally, eat more fresh
produce with every meal. There is evidence that natural vitamin C found in citrus fruits and exotic berries (like camu camu) helps prevent the formation of cancer-causing nitrosamines, protecting you from the devastating health effects of sodium nitrite in processed meats. The best defence, of course, is to avoid eating processed meats altogether.
[Ed. Note: Mike Adams, the Health Ranger a leading authority on healthy living -- is on a mission: to explore, uncover and share the truth about harmful foods and beverages, prescription drugs, medical practices and the dishonest marketing practices that drive these industries. For his latest findings, click here.]

16 comments:

Gintai_昇泰 said...

Oh ny God! Every morning we are eating luncheon meat when we order fried mee hoon unknowingly killing ourselves! KNN!

patriot said...

Despite the many problems in processed and canned foods. Humans are living longer and getting bigger in size. And many are suffering longer of course, plague by all kinds of health and medical problems.
Worse are those kept alive by medical equipments but have absolutely no quality and purpose in being alive. Their sufferings invariably affect their next of kins.

patriot

Anonymous said...

Health Alert!
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Protect yourself from unhealthy government policies.
Vote Opposition to check on the quality of the policies before they become law.
Like 6.9 million.

Anonymous said...

I have no intention of giving up ham. Or sausages!

Incidentally, the news report is at least 2 years old...

Anonymous said...

thank you for the info......

but, almost all canned foods contain the food additives mentioned by you .......

not only meats...even liquid foods....almost everything as long as canned .......

unless we ban canned foods....otherwise are we saying .....

EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

It's all in the genes and fated lah, processed meat or not, smoking or not,......

Why some non smokers can get lung cancer while smokers don't?

"Warren Buffett is a man who loves Cherry Coke. He jokes that he owes his good health to “Cherry Coke and hamburgers....." http://www.bonappetit.com/trends/article/warren-buffett-famed-cherry-coke-lover-fails-blind-cherry-coke-taste-test

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

Moderation and don't over indulge in anything.

virgo49 said...

Aiyah, eat also you die, don't eat also die.

Better eat all the sin food and die earlier before you cannot afford to pay the medishield premiums

Anonymous said...

"Moderation and don't over indulge in anything."

Live so long for what?
You think we all so lucky ah.
We all can continue to get paid to live in Istana meh?

We can only hope to have an euthanasia law implemented in Singapore.
So that we can die quickly and no need to burden our family.

Here's a toast:
'To good food, good wine and bad women. May we all die with a big smile and our cock standing."

Anonymous said...

No need for Euthanasia if one wants to end it all.
For those afraid to die(kiasi), painless death is still very scary.
Those who are not afraid of death, they always go without leaving any hint.

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

We should live well. The problem with over indulgence is to create disharmony within our body system that could lead to pain and suffering unnecessarily.

Keep your body in balance to avoid or minimise pains and suffering while you enjoy your life, and die easily.

Anonymous said...

Die quickly, you mean, before seeing the medical bill, right!

Kaki

Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

Here we go with another attempt at SCAREMONGERING on the so-called "dangers" of sodium nitrite and nitrosamines. Please lah, if you eat in moderation and in frequently, no problem lah.

In fact, consuming too much sodium -- found in ALL foods -- is probably more dangerous for your heart.

>> And this leads to a sharp increase in cancer risk for those who eat them.

NONSENSE!! Correlation does not always mean CAUSATION. My alternate hypothesis: Those people consuming large amounts of processed meat over many years probably have BAD DIETS and BAD LIFESTYLES anyway. i.e. too lazy or stingy or both to cook or eat properly, too lazy to look after themselves in other aspects of their lives.

>> monosodium glutamate (MSG), another dangerous additive

Rubbish. Some people are hyper sensitive to MSG and show side effects after consumption. If you're not one of them, there's nothing to worry about.

>> And finally, eat more fresh produce with every meal.

Finally, some good advice based on irrefutable science. I eat vegges and fruit with ALL my meals -- even breakfast -- large 150g leaf salad and assortment of fruit. My daily consumption of vegges and fruit close to 1kg on some days. Average 600 grams.

@Gintai 927:

>> Every morning we are eating luncheon meat when we order fried mee hoon

Every morning eating fried shit will fuck up your heart, unless you exercise like an athlete.

>> Mike Adams, the Health Ranger a leading authority on healthy living

No he isn't. He is a QUACK and a scaremonger who bullshits the science to prove his point. He is certainly no "authority".

Anonymous said...

Life is in the Hand of the almighty though one has choices of foods.
Eat, drink and do whatever that make happy.
A short happy life is much preferred over a long fearing and worrying one.
Worse a suffering one.

b said...

Going to work and working can also be dangerous and may be even more dangeorous but that does not mean we stop doing that. Sometimes, it is a matter of no choice.