(NaturalNews) A new study published in the journal
Circulation reveals that eating processed meat products significantly raises the risk of
heart disease and
diabetes. Previous research has linked processed meats to
cancer as well.
The new paper involved a meta-analysis of 20 different studies covering more than one million people from 10 different countries. The study found that eating just
2 ounces of processed meat each day resulted in the following:
• A
42 percent increase in the risk of
heart disease.
• A
19 percent increase in the risk of
diabetes.
Interestingly, the analysis simultaneously found that
eating non-processed meats was not linked to these increases in
disease risk. The study authors concluded that it was
the processed salt and chemical additives in the processed
meat that caused increase
risk of disease.
What the study authors did not come right out and say is that
sodium nitrite is a poison, yet it's added to virtually all
processed meats as a "color fixer." It makes dead gray meat look fleshy red, in other words, and it's added to bacon, sausage,
hot dogs, pepperoni and most other processed meats. It's listed right on the label under the "ingredients" section.
I've been warning readers about sodium nitrite for seven years, and in that time, evidence has shown the chemical to cause:
• A 67% increase in pancreatic cancer (
http://www.naturalnews.com/007024_Grocery_warning_dangerous_foods.html)
• A 74% higher risk of leukemia (
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000708_sodium_nitrite_leukemia_processed_...)
• A 40% higher risk of diabetes (
http://www.naturalnews.com/027636_processed_meat_diabetes.html)
The USDA actually tried to ban sodium nitrite from
the food supply back in the 1970's, but it was overruled by the meat industry which knew that the chemical made meat look visually more appealing and therefore increased sales of
processed meat products. Despite causing
cancer, sodium nitrite has remained legal in the
food supply to this day.
See the Counterthink Cartoon: "Hickory Harms" at
http://www.naturalnews.com/022286.htmlHow many children are dying from processed meat?
Mainstream children eat a huge quantity of processed
meat products, including hot dogs, sandwich meat, bacon, sausage and
beef jerky. All those products are made with
sodium nitrite.
How many children are dying of cancer each year from this toxic chemical in the
food supply? The USDA doesn't want to know and
the FDA doesn't seem to care. Sodium nitrite sells more meat, and food regulators apparently have no interest in the actual safety of the food supply. As long as food
products are
dead, the
FDA considers them "safe" even if they're contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals like sodium nitrite.
I find it deplorable that the FDA is trying to outlaw
raw milk but is fine to let American children continue dying from eating cancer-causing processed meats laced with
sodium nitrite. It sort of tells you where the real priorities are in Washington, doesn't it?
Ignorant consumers eat processed meat
While people are dying of cancer, heart disease and diabetes from the chemical additives intentionally put into processed meat products, those consumers who are aware of the truth about sodium nitrite are
avoiding all processed meats made with sodium nitrite (look for it on the label).
Only those consumers who are ignorant of the true
health risks are still buying (and eating) bacon,
sausage, beef jerky and other processed meat products. Basically, we're talking about the processed food crowd, which includes low-income families, teenagers, low-IQ individuals who are unable to grasp basic health concepts and mainstream physicians who have yet to accept any link between foods and health.
Sources for this story include:BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8688104.stmABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/WorldNews/processed-meats-heart-disease/story?id...
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