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Eating one sausage a day raises cancer risk by 20 per cent

dailymail.co.uk — Eating 1.8oz (50g) of processed meat a day - the equivalent of one sausage or three rashers of bacon - raises the likelihood of the cancer by a fifth, research shows.

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  • mavicyp, on 03/31/2008, -6/+150this is just more propaganda from the virulently anti-sausage mainstream media lobby.
  • logicalnoise, on 03/31/2008, -3/+129good thing I eat two a day. They had me worried for a second.
  • hollywoodphony, on 03/31/2008, -6/+117What if you don't eat the sausages, you just slide them in and out of your mouth for a few minutes?
  • MattJF317, on 03/31/2008, -8/+89...and your risk of AIDS by 40%
  • ForTh3W1n, on 03/31/2008, -5/+46LOL I just recently bought a whole economic package, which contains roughly 30-40 sausage.

    NOM NOM NOM
  • AlexBellisBrown, on 03/31/2008, -2/+36Also causes cancer, yes.
  • BigManOnCampus, on 03/31/2008, -8/+41Buried as inaccurate. If this were true, prostitutes and Italians would die of cancer before they reached 30.
  • inactive, on 03/31/2008, -4/+36In the interests of being fair, let's consider the actual numbers here. I had trouble finding British cancer statistics, so I decided to use American cancer statistics instead. Yeah, I know that might be flawed, but I figured they're probably similar enough, and at any rate, this isn't a research paper, it's just a digg comment.

    Now, according to the National Cancer Institute, there are a combined total of 148,810 new cases of colon or rectal cancer diagnosed every year. The current estimated population of the United States is 303,641,000. From this, we get roughly a 0.04% rate of colon or rectal cancer in the United States. Going off of this study, an increase of 20% brings the total cancer rate up to roughly 0.05%, or an additional 29,762 cases of cancer every year.

    Keep in mind, these statistics are from the United States, not from Britain where the study was actually carried out, so the actual numbers are likely different. Just wanted to point out that even if this is true, your actual chances of getting cancer from sausages are small.
  • designer, on 03/31/2008, -1/+30Sausage bad, sausage good, eggs bad, eggs good, milk bad, milk good, cheese good, cheese good, blah, blah, blah..........
  • borez, on 03/31/2008, -3/+31Daily mail?
  • whoreable, on 03/31/2008, -4/+30Too easy....
  • icantdenythis, on 03/31/2008, -1/+27does anything not cause cancer?
  • MacEnvy, on 03/31/2008, -0/+20In other news, Paris Hilton now has a 1000% chance of getting cancer.
  • AlexBellisBrown, on 03/31/2008, -0/+17No, but please keep your large intestine somewhere safe, that way its not in danger.
  • inactive, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1856% if balls touch.
  • reuscel, on 03/31/2008, -3/+19Bacon FTW!!
  • Chompy, on 03/31/2008, -0/+15A life without sausage and bacon is not a life worth living.
  • wonderchemist, on 03/31/2008, -3/+18You know you can buy sausages and bacon without nitrates these days.
  • rlh1, on 03/31/2008, -1/+15Damn,
    How are Germans and Czechs making it?
    Wurst ist Alles.
  • AZtoJapan, on 03/31/2008, -0/+14Is it April Fool's Day in Britain already?
  • jedsmith, on 03/31/2008, -2/+16Buried for Daily Mail.
  • naonao, on 03/31/2008, -0/+12Sorry, but this was on the Daily Mail. Buried just for that. Sensationalist *****.
  • BadseedJR, on 03/31/2008, -1/+13A new study shows everything you like to eat is bad for you.
  • AZtoJapan, on 03/31/2008, -3/+15Worth the risk.
  • saxreturns, on 03/31/2008, -0/+11It's not a good article, it's the Daily Mail.
  • asays, on 03/31/2008, -4/+15snausages! seriously thought I eat sausage all the time, wtf?
  • chrillen, on 03/31/2008, -0/+11Intestines they are :P

    Germans and other people have been eating sausages for ages now and they don't have a higher rate of cancer than other people. Can the public please stop dramatizing stuff?
  • insertAliasHere, on 03/31/2008, -0/+10Digg has gotten a _lot_ of dailymail stories lately. Every comment thread people say how bad of a source it is, but they have sensational headlines and emotionally gripping stories that get people to digg them without considering the factual accuracy or reliability.
  • borez, on 03/31/2008, -1/+11Hamsters don't...I know these things.
  • inactive, on 03/31/2008, -0/+10mmmmm.......nitrates.....
  • Stopher, on 03/31/2008, -1/+11Finally, someone is taking a stand against "Big Sausage."
  • jlee2081, on 03/31/2008, -0/+9your heart would explode way before you have to worry about cancer
  • nobarcode, on 03/31/2008, -1/+10Sounds like the same economic package the Bush Administration just implemented.
  • inactive, on 03/31/2008, -0/+9Pardon my english, you see, I was born retarded.
  • KingBabi, on 03/31/2008, -2/+10"Eat a sausage a day," but for how many days?? If I die at 75 rather than 80, I don't really give a flying rat's ass.
  • mGARANDEUR1, on 03/31/2008, -4/+12When I actually see a scientific article published by a reputable peer-reviewed source I might believe it.
  • BESTenemy, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8Death cures all cancers.
  • gizram84, on 05/30/2009, -2/+10i heard that consuming 1 big sauage a day increases the risk of homosexuality in men by 30%... no effect on women
  • stoanhart, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8Thank you! I was going to post something similar. I absolutely hate headlines that try to scare people with phrases like "raises cancer risk by 20 per cent," when the real numbers are nowhere near as scary as they sound.

    That being said, cutting down on processed meat is certainly a good idea - people eat too much of it, but it's not going to give 1 in 5 people cancer, as the title can suggest at a quick glance.
  • JimSwarthow, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8not true - it'll actually increase your risk of a number of different ailments b/c you are flushing out very useful bacteria.
  • rune420, on 03/31/2008, -4/+11That raises the risk of AIDS by 20 percent.
  • flashback99, on 03/31/2008, -1/+8the daily mail can ***** off.
  • inactive, on 03/31/2008, -5/+12get your hippie propaganda outta here!
  • khail250, on 03/31/2008, -3/+10bet you feel manly
  • inactive, on 03/31/2008, -0/+6You go Bro!! Don't let them slap the wiener out of your mouth!
  • slvrbullet87, on 03/31/2008, -3/+9Have a seat right over there.
  • exscind, on 03/31/2008, -0/+6You have a really immature attitu-- Woah, who brought Bratwurst?! OM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM!!
  • pizzatsf, on 03/31/2008, -1/+7I'm done for!
  • Conwaysb0718, on 03/31/2008, -0/+6You can be arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior in 48 states.
  • PATSCRU, on 03/31/2008, -1/+7Wouldn't other stuff like hamburgers etc. fall under processed meats? what about lunchmeats?
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