Eating Only 2 Pieces of This Processed Meat Increases Your Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

Stay away from processed meats.  It is that simple.  Processed meats, such as bacon or sausage, have direct links to cancer and in particular to pancreatic cancer.

Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancers types.  Over 90{a8918b4b0e6da5877a953b5121cd96b60dc6eb4c5c794e71f46c34777f2c3294} of pancreatic cancer patients die within five years of diagnosis.  Over 70{a8918b4b0e6da5877a953b5121cd96b60dc6eb4c5c794e71f46c34777f2c3294} die within the first year of diagnosis. It is not an easy cancer to cure and needs to be caught very early.

This type of cancer spreads rapidly and is often not detected in the early stages.    

The statistics are not good. 

Some of the symptoms of pancreatic cancer are the following:

• Sudden weight loss

• Abdominal pain

• Nausea

• Change in stool

• Back pain

• Loss of appetite

• Yellowing of the eyes and skin

• Blood clots

Pancreatic cancer can also be genetic and family history may play a major role in the disease. Smoking, diabetes, obesity and age all have links too.

Eating 2 pieces of processed meats can cause this cancer

Stay away from processed foods, in particular processed meats.  Data has been taken from clinical trials involving over 6500 patients with cancer of the pancreas.  Case reports show overwhelming evidence linking the cancer to processed meats. 

In fact, studies found out that for every 50 grams of processed meat per day (2 slices of a sandwich ham or 2 slices of bacon) the risk of pancreatic cancer goes up by 19{a8918b4b0e6da5877a953b5121cd96b60dc6eb4c5c794e71f46c34777f2c3294}.

Person who eat 150 grams (3 sausages or six strips of bacon) daily the risk of pancreatic cancer increases to 55{a8918b4b0e6da5877a953b5121cd96b60dc6eb4c5c794e71f46c34777f2c3294}.

The World Cancer Research Fund has advised people to avoid processed meats.  These include hot dogs sausages, bacon ham and any smoked meat.  They all contain nitrates which have been linked closely to cancer.

The researchers claimed that smoking is another great risk factor that increases the risk of pancreatic cancer by 74{a8918b4b0e6da5877a953b5121cd96b60dc6eb4c5c794e71f46c34777f2c3294}.

Source: healthyfoodstar