So, intelligent discussing of why we aren't all going to drop dead of colon cancer if we eat a hot dog on PBS...
So, intelligent discussing of why we aren't all going to drop dead of colon cancer if we eat a hot dog on PBS Newshour.
Also information on why/how WHO lists things as carcinogens, which has a lot to do with this not being any new info and things like relative risk (a cigarette is still more risky than a hot dog) and how things are categorized (why hot dogs and cigarettes is not a silly analogy).
Also also, intelligent reporter question re: ok, so people trying to be healthy already switched from red meat to chicken or turkey, etc., but if you processed chicken or turkey wouldn't that cause the same effects? Answer: we don't know because they only studied red meat. Additional answer: we don't actually know why there's a risk, i.e., is it the type of meat? is it the type of processing? is it magic?
P.S. for these purposes, it would seem that pork is not the other white meat. Red meat here means beef and pork, it seems. Is it corn fed? Is it grass fed? We just don't know.
So this isn't news, and we aren't all going to die any more than we already were going to die.
Also information on why/how WHO lists things as carcinogens, which has a lot to do with this not being any new info and things like relative risk (a cigarette is still more risky than a hot dog) and how things are categorized (why hot dogs and cigarettes is not a silly analogy).
Also also, intelligent reporter question re: ok, so people trying to be healthy already switched from red meat to chicken or turkey, etc., but if you processed chicken or turkey wouldn't that cause the same effects? Answer: we don't know because they only studied red meat. Additional answer: we don't actually know why there's a risk, i.e., is it the type of meat? is it the type of processing? is it magic?
P.S. for these purposes, it would seem that pork is not the other white meat. Red meat here means beef and pork, it seems. Is it corn fed? Is it grass fed? We just don't know.
So this isn't news, and we aren't all going to die any more than we already were going to die.
Of course we aren't. We are currently consuming vast amounts of colon cancer carbons. We can only reduce our C3 intake, you understand
ReplyDeleteAlso, as far as I know, the incidence of colorectal cancer is fairly low. Eating red processed meat ups that by fairly small amount of an already low rate. So sounding the alarm klaxons is a little overwrought.
ReplyDeleteIt is also, as cancer goes, usually on the less-alarming side.
ReplyDeletePeople still die from it, so there's a reason to pay attention. It's just the way the WHO announcement came out it's like the Pope declared meat a cardinal sin.
ReplyDeleteDid they actually do that, or did the media just self-excite on this one?
ReplyDelete(Serious question. I saw the mediagasm, I just haven't bothered to read any more about it since my reaction was, "Oh, more for me.")
Yes, the WHO made an announcement that red meat/processed meat was now classified as a carcinogen.
ReplyDeleteNo, I have not seen the actual wording so it may or may not have been poorly worded.
Yes, this is mostly the media freaking out.
However, since this is not new news, they are finding medical and research experts who are expressing everything from a calm down, this isn't news approach to people who are all but advocating raw vegetarianism. It also depends on how the media are choosing to cut and paste those interviews, of course, because you won't die from a hot dog is not nearly as exciting as omg, YOU'RE EATING A CIGARETTE.
Man, now I'm going to have to go look up the WHO announcement, if I can even find it under the frenzy.
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