I’d like the food nazi’s to spend more effort telling us what we ARE allowed to eat rather than tutting and frowning at us for eating all the ‘bad’ things
The report I heard on the radio didn’t have any “food nazis” tutting or frowning; only statistics which indicate that eating a lot of processed meat will reduce your life expectancy. It’s up to individuals whether they choose to adjust their eating habits as a result. Personally, I think it is a positive thing to have access to more information so I can make an informed decision about what I eat.
Forgive my ignorance (I am not a big red meat eater) but how is bacon any more processed than your average steak, smoked salmon, chicken fillet etc etc?
I thought bacon was just cured slices of pork loin (or pork belly in the US). Are they saying the curing process is bad for you?
When I think of processed meat I think of chicken nuggets, slices of processed ham, turkey roll etc etc.
The R4 report was pretty clear that it is processed meat that is the problem; i.e. where some sort of treatment process has been applied (e.g. smoked and cured meat, salami, chorizo, bacon, etc). Raw steak that has just been put through a mincer is not processed. There was an interesting question about whether processed fish (e.g smoked fish) might carry similar risks, but they don’t appear to have done the analysis on that so far.