Welcome 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.
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
Terrific series. It’s factual and interesting. Very well done.
Thank you again! I look forward to creating more episodes 🙂