(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.
Why sodium nitrite is poison
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.htm...)
• A 74% higher
risk of leukemia (
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000708_sodium_nitrite_leukemia_proces...)
• 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/stor...
About the author: Mike Adams is an award-winning journalist and holistic nutritionist with a passion for teaching people how to improve their health He is a prolific writer and has published thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, and he has published numerous courses on preparedness and survival, including financial preparedness, emergency food supplies, urban survival and tactical self-defense. Adams is an honest, independent journalist and accepts no money or commissions on the third-party products he writes about or the companies he promotes. In 2010, Adams launched TV.NaturalNews.com, a natural health video site featuring videos on holistic health and green living. He also launched an online retailer of environmentally-friendly products (BetterLifeGoods.com) and uses a portion of its profits to help fund non-profit endeavors. He's also a successful software entrepreneur, having founded a well known email marketing software company whose technology currently powers the NaturalNews email newsletters. Adams is currently the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit, and regularly pursues cycling, nature photography, Capoeira and Pilates. He's also author of numerous health books published by Truth Publishing and is the creator of several consumer-oriented grassroots campaigns, including the Spam. Don't Buy It! campaign, and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. He also created the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the ending of corporate control over medicines, genes and seeds.
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