Rhonda Patrick· PhD
The evidence leans toward it being the preservatives and other ingredients - unprocessed meat generally doesn't show the same associations with cancer.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
The evidence leans toward it being the preservatives and other ingredients - unprocessed meat generally doesn't show the same associations with cancer.
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However, processed meats represent a fundamentally different category, and the evidence supporting this distinction is overwhelming.
We're getting a lot of additives through our diets via processed meats and this is the source (I believe) of the greater cancer risk - not the meat itself (which I've spoken about before).