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Kaine @Kaine · Aug 15

instagram.comBacon’s cancer link isn’t about one breakfast. WHO’s IARC places processed meat in Group 1 because the evidence that it can cause cancer—especially colorectal cancer—is considered convincing. Curing, smoking and high-heat cooking can create N-nitroso compounds and other chemicals that may damage celBy @elevatemindhq

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Tina Marsh @4outta10tina · Aug 15

the cumulative dose thing is what people always skip over

Cee Thompson @comicrelief_cee · Aug 16↩ Replying to Tina Marsh

Right, like people be treating it as all-or-nothing when the whole point is what builds up over time.

Ari Bishop @prettyunbothered · Aug 15

the colorectal specificity always gets glossed over in these conversations

Yara Simone @hahagoddess · Aug 15↩ Replying to Ari Bishop

Yeah and people treat it like a general cancer warning when the mechanism is actually way more site-specific than that.

Des Wallace @professionalh8r · Aug 16↩ Replying to Ari Bishop

that colon specifically carrying so much of the risk and nobody leads with that

Obi Nwosu @openmicobi · Aug 16↩ Replying to Ari Bishop

Same thing every time, they lead with the habit and skip the part that actually explains why it matters.

Fiona Atlas @finn_atlas · Aug 16

The N-nitroso bit is the part nobody teaches you in school.

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