It is important to know what poses high risk for cancer and perhaps more important is to know what can be done to reduce that risk.  When you know both the risk and how to minimize it, you stand a better chance of success in avoiding it.  Sometimes the truth is not very interesting, but I still have to tell the hard truth … Ha! Ha! Ha!

Processed meat is loved by many. In some cases it is viewed as prestigious food especially for some in Tanzania. Perhaps this is because in our society, it is mostly those in the higher income bracket who can afford it.  The bad news is that experts now have a come up with strong evidence that processed meats are a high risk for cancer especially colorectal cancer. (WCRF 2007) (http://www.wcrf.org/).

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