Episode 19: The “Meat Causes Cancer” Myth
May 05, 2024Welcome to Episode 19 of The Road to Carnivore Podcast!
Have you ever heard someone say that meat causes cancer? This 17-minute episode will help you understand this widely held but unfounded claim, and where it came from.
There is literally not a single study on earth that proves a link between meat consumption and an increased risk of cancer.
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Show Links and Resources:
Carcinogenicity of consumption of red and processed meat
Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption: Dietary Guideline Recommendations From the Nutritional Recommendations (NutriRECS) Consortium
Cancer incidence in vegetarians: results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Oxford)
Study: Red and processed meats don’t raise risk for death, recurrence in colon cancer
Meat intake and cause-specific mortality: a pooled analysis of Asian prospective cohort studies
American Cancer Society: Lifetime Risk of Developing or Dying From Cancer
WHO report says eating processed meat is carcinogenic: Understanding the findings
Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial
Dietary risk factors for colon cancer in a low-risk population
CDC: What Are the Risk Factors for Lung Cancer?
Peak Human Podcast Episode 24 with Dr. David Klurfeld
Why is the World Health Organisation Anti-Meat? Another great and simple to understand overview of the 2015 IARC report, by Tim Rees
Food sources of nitrates and nitrites
Nitrates/Nitrites in Food—Risk for Nitrosative Stress and Benefits
American Meat Science Association: Cured Meat Flavor and the Role of Nitrite in its Development
Evaluation of nitrate and nitrite contents in pickled fruit and vegetable products
IFT: Are Nitrates and Nitrites Misunderstood?
Nitrates in Processed Meats: What’s the Risk?
Red and processed meat and pancreatic cancer risk: a meta-analysis
