The March 7, 2013 issue of BMC Medicine published a study that found an association between processed meat (bacon, sausage, ham) consumption and mortality. This was especially true for cardiovascular disease, but also for cancer. The authors concluded that eating processed meat once in a while is not a problem, but eating it everyday is definitely a problem. Processed meats seem to be more detrimental to one's health than even red meat. Processed meats contain more additives that are part of the curing or smoking process. These could very well be the culprits in increasing the mortality rates. Studies like these, though, may be colored by the fact that many people who eat processed meats also don't exercise regularly, may smoke, and may have high stress lives. So these studies are food for thought, but one needs to look at the big picture.
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