Tag: Red Meat

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Ham and bacon are assessed as Class 1 carcinogens. Can they be eaten?

Some time ago, a report entitled “World Health Organization: Ham and Bacon are carcinogens, listed with arsenic” caused a great sensation on Weibo and WeChat. The report said that “World Health Organization will declare ham, bacon and other processed meat products as Category 1 carcinogens, i.e. The substances with the highest carcinogenic degree” [in association with cigarettes and arsenic]. In fact, on October 26, 2015, the World Health Organization issued an evaluation report on red meat and processed meat products, in which processed meat products were rated as Class 1 carcinogens, while red meat was Class 2A carcinogens. Is ham and bacon really as poisonous as arsenic? Can we still have ham and bacon? Carcinogenicity ≠ Toxicity The classification of Read More …

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Is food carcinogenesis a rumor? Eat these, it is really possible to cause cancer!

People often come to ask: Is it true that vegetarian diet prevents cancer and meat causes cancer? Heard that coffee can cause cancer? … … So, how do you know if a kind of food can cause cancer? There is a special assessment of whether it is carcinogenic. There is a [behind-the-scenes judge] who evaluates the carcinogenic effects of all kinds of things in our life. This is the International Cancer Research Center (IARC). According to experimental analysis, epidemiology and other relevant data, and according to carcinogenicity, the International Cancer Research Center will divide everything into 5 grades: Category 1, Category 2A, Category 2B, Category 3 and Category 4. Category 1 carcinogenic factors are clear and solid evidence, and there Read More …

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Red dates, red beans, beef and mutton… only when you eat red food like this [enriching blood and nourishing heart]

Sauce-stained pork ribs in soy sauce Sweet strawberries Hot Pepper Oil Well… thinking about thinking, indeed as expected hungry. Indeed, color will affect people’s appetite. Warm-tone foods such as red are especially easy to make people have a big appetite and move their index fingers. No one will dislike them? Where does red come from? Heme iron Representative foods are red meat, viscera, blood tofu, etc. Iron is mainly in hemoglobin and myoglobin of livestock and poultry meat. Due to the different chemical valence states of iron, red is also divided into bright red and dark red. Anthocyanin/anthocyanin Shouldn’t anthocyanins be purple like blueberries? In fact, there are from red to purple to blue. Many fruits and vegetables turn red Read More …

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Red meat causes cancer. Which meat belongs to red meat?

Almost every dietary guide tells us to eat less red meat and eat some white meat appropriately. So what is red meat and what is white meat? Is red meat red and white meat white? If the color of animal food is divided, it can be divided into [red meat] and [white meat]. Those meat that is red before cooking belong to [red meat], including the meat of mammals such as pigs, cattle and mutton that we often eat. The meat that is light in color before cooking belongs to [white meat], including the meat of non-mammals such as chickens, ducks, geese, fish, shrimps, crabs, oysters and clams that we usually eat. In fact, this classification method is not perfect. Read More …