Fry-up fright
Eating a fry-up every morning could increase your risk of bowel cancer by almost two thirds. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) warns that eating 150 grams of processed meat a day (the equivalent of two sausages and three rashers of bacon) increases bowel cancer risk by 63 per cent. 50 grams a day (one sausage) increases the risk by about 20 per cent. The evidence that processed meat is a cause of bowel cancer is so strong that the WCRF recommends that people should avoid eating it altogether. Only a third of people are aware of the link between processed meat and cancer.
You can read the WCRF’s report Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective online at www.dietandcancerreport.org
About the author
Dr. Justine Butler
Justine joined Viva! in 2005 after graduating from Bristol University with a PhD in molecular biology. After working as a campaigner, then researcher and writer, she is now Viva!’s head of research and her work focuses on animals, the environment and health. Justine’s scientific training helps her research and write both in-depth scientific reports, such as White Lies and the Meat Report, as well as easy-to-read factsheets and myth-busting articles for consumer magazines and updates on the latest research. Justine also recently wrote the Vegan for the Planet guide for Viva!’s Vegan Now campaign.
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