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Sausages And Bacon Linked To Premature Death
Business Insider ^ | 03/07/2013 | Jennifer Welsh

Posted on 03/07/2013 7:52:36 AM PST by SeekAndFind

If you love sausages, hot dogs, and brats, you might be in for a shorter life, a new study suggests.

The study analyzed data from half a million men and women, as a part of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. It was published in the journal BMC Medicine [PDF]. They found a link between "processed" meat — which includes all meat products, including ham, bacon, sausages; small part of minced meat that has been bought as a ready-to-eat product — and cardiovascular disease and cancer, they report.

Also, they found that the more processed meat you eat the more likely you are to die early (of anything). A previous study of just red meat came to a similar conclusion.

The researchers think the increased cancer risk could be due to the presence of preservatives like the salt, smoke and nitrate. Also, the high levels of fat in these meats. "Risks of dying earlier from cancer and cardiovascular disease also increased with the amount of processed meat eaten," study researcher Sabine Rohrmann, from the University of Zurich, said in a statement [PDF].

"Overall, we estimate that 3 percent of premature deaths each year could be prevented if people ate less than 20g processed meat per day."

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TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: bacon; carcinogens; death; diet; epic; longevity; nutrition; pork; sausage
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To: Conservative4Ever
Pork loins?

Nope.

Here's the website with recipe.

Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes


101 posted on 03/08/2013 7:07:16 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: SeekAndFind

I eat nothing but organic, indigenous weeds.


102 posted on 03/08/2013 7:12:09 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: KeyLargo

I figure that I have zero chance of living to 120. If eating bacon increases my chances of premature death by 3%, then I have .03 times zero chance of living to 120.


103 posted on 03/08/2013 8:20:52 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Can’t figure out your math. Tell us.


104 posted on 03/11/2013 5:19:40 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Unnngh! To many PDS people!)
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To: US_MilitaryRules

They had 20g as the cut-off for danger. Anything 19.5 grams or more would be rounded off to 20, so I multiplied by 19.4 grams to be on the safe side.


105 posted on 03/11/2013 5:43:09 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Conservative4Ever

And don’t forget - Pork is like kryptonite to the diaper-heads


106 posted on 03/13/2013 5:13:14 AM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: Mr. K

Yes, yes it is. :-)


107 posted on 03/13/2013 8:01:02 AM PDT by Conservative4Ever (I'm going Galt)
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To: Conservative4Ever

And did everyone hear? LARD (pork fat) is a great machine lubricant and is one of the primary lubricants for rifle bullets in military weapons

(I dont know if it is or not, but its a great rumor to start, isnt it?)


108 posted on 03/13/2013 2:02:15 PM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: Mr. K

Excellent rumor. :-)


109 posted on 03/13/2013 8:30:07 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (I'm going Galt)
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To: Conservative4Ever

I have been trying to start that one for years


110 posted on 03/14/2013 10:09:47 AM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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