red meat and cancer

A new set of analyses contradict the current dietary recommendations to limit red and processed meats.

Health & Safety

No Need To Cut Back On Red Meat? Controversial New 'Guidelines' Lead To Outrage

5:36pm September 30, 2019

by Allison Aubrey

A prominent medical journal has published a new recommendation from a group of scientists concluding there's no need to cut back on red and processed meats. This contradicts current guidelines.

If you cook meat too long, at too high a temperature, the chemical reaction that creates tasty flavor and aroma compounds keeps going, creating other compounds. Some of those compounds can be carcinogenic when we consume them in high-enough concentrations

Health & Safety

Turning Down The Heat When Cooking Meat May Reduce Cancer Risk

6:32pm November 23, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

Part of the cancer risk posed by eating red and processed meats is actually related to how the meat is prepared. Lower temperature, slower cooking — like baking or roasting — is a better health bet.

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Bad Day For Bacon: Processed Meats Cause Cancer, WHO Says

8:39pm October 26, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

The World Health Organization's decision puts bacon, hot dogs and sausages in the same category of cancer risk as tobacco smoking. And beef, pork, veal and lamb are "probably carcinogenic," WHO says.

How many hot dogs are safe to eat? We tackle your questions about an expert panel's conclusion that processed meats are carcinogenic.

Processed And Red Meat Could Cause Cancer? Your Questions Answered

6:35pm October 26, 2015

by NPR Staff

An expert panel's conclusion that hot dogs and yes, even turkey bacon are carcinogenic had many of you wanting more details. Which cancers? How much is safe to eat? We tackle your questions.

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