Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger's videos at: bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Why does the leading cancer and diet authority recommend we avoid bacon, ham, hot dogs, sausage and all processed meat (including chicken and turkey)? More on processed meat can be found in videos such as: • How to Avoid Phosphate Additives (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-avoid-phosphate-additives/) • Autopsy of Chicken Nuggets (nutritionfacts.org/video/autopsy-of-chicken-nuggets/) • Bacon, Eggs, and Gestational Diabetes During Pregnancy (nutritionfacts.org/video/bacon-eggs-and-gestational-diabetes-during-pregnancy-2/) • Why is Meat a Risk Factor for Diabetes? (nutritionfacts.org/video/why-is-meat-a-risk-factor-for-diabetes/) But cancer risk has been associated with unprocessed meat as well via a variety of potential mechanisms: • PhIP: The Three Strikes Breast Carcinogen (nutritionfacts.org/video/phip-the-three-strikes-breast-carcinogen/) • Meat Fumes: Dietary Secondhand Smoke (nutritionfacts.org/video/meat-fumes-dietary-secondhand-smoke/) • How Many Cancers Have Been Caused by Arsenic-Laced Chicken? (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-many-cancers-have-been-caused-by-arsenic-laced-chicken/) • Prevent Cancer From Going on TOR (nutritionfacts.org/video/prevent-cancer-from-going-on-tor/) • Starving Cancer with Methionine Restriction (nutritionfacts.org/video/starving-cancer-with-methionine-restriction/) Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at nutritionfacts.org/video/how-much-cancer-does-lunch-meat-cause and he'll try to answer it! www.NutritionFacts.org • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Podcast: www.bit.ly/NFpodcast • Subscribe: www.bit.ly/nutritionupdates • Donate: www.NutritionFacts.org/donate