Charity seeks end to lunchbox ham
Lisa Cooney, World Cancer Research Fund: Scientific evidence links “processed meats to an increase in bowel cancer risk”Parents have been urged not to put ham and other smoked, salted or cured meat into their children’s lunchboxes to help them reduce the risk of cancer.
The World Cancer Research Fund said parents should act now to stop their children developing a taste for processed meat.
Eating too much over decades can raise the risk of bowel cancer, they said.
The UK’s Food Standards Agency said processed meat was fine for lunchboxes but should not be eaten “too often”.
It is only in recent years that the link between processed meats and bowel cancer in adults has been made, with some estimates suggesting that thousands of cases could be prevented if everyone limited intake to 70g a week – equivalent to three rashers of bacon.
WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL ADVICE?
The Food Standards Agency says ham and other processed meats can form part of a balanced diet
The agency even has a range of menus for healthy lunch boxes, some of which contain ham
But it warns that processed meat should not be eaten to excess
via BBC NEWS | Health | Charity seeks end to lunchbox ham.
So why if processed meats have been linked to cancer, are they available to buy on supermarket shelves??? Shouldn’t the companies producing them, look at alternative, risk free ways of preserving them?
