MARIKA SBOROS: What's the beef with cancer and bacon? 🔒
A new study has found that consumption of red meat and processed meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer, but more research may be requiredA new study has found that just one serving of bacon a day can increase your risk of bowel and colon cancers by about 20%. Picture: ELENA VESELOVA / 123RF
Other experts say the Oxford study is fear-mongering by plant-biased researchers. They say the study is riddled with flaws that undermine its conclusions. They also say there is no robust RCT research whatsoever to show that red meat causes or even raises cancer risk. RCTs are the “gold-standard” of scientific research.
UK public health researcher Dr Zoë Harcombe said that the Oxford study suffered the same three limitations of all epidemiological studies: association, not causation; relative, not absolute risk; and the healthy person confounder. The unhealthy person confounder — the heavy red-meat eat or burger monster as Harcombe put it — tends to be less healthy overall.
“I've yet to find any evidence against red meat for any actual health outcome. It would make no sense, from evolution, for there to be any.” Dr Melissa Wallace, Cancer Assocation of SA research head, said that the trends seen in the Oxford study are not new. “However, this research highlights the importance of consumption awareness, particularly the quantity of red and processed meat consumed,” Wallace said.
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