>> IF YOU LIKE PROCESSED MEAT, IT TURNS OUT THAT YOU COULD BE
INCREASING YOUR RISK OF CANCER.
THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WITH
NEW DATA RELEASED.
THEY FOUND A PANEL OF 22
INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS WHO REVIEWED DECADES OF RESEARCH
ON THE LINK BETWEEN RED MEAT, PROCESSED MEATS, AND CANCER.
THE PANEL REVIEWED ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS, STUDIES OF
HUMAN DIET AND HEALTH, AND CELL MECHANISMS THAT CAN LEAD
FROM RED MEAT TO CANCER.
JUST TO GIVE YOU MY BACKGROUND, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO FIND A CORRELATION.
A PERSON WHO HAS A DIET HIGH IN PROCESSED MEAT, IS ALSO
LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCER.
BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND A DISTINCT LINK.
RIGHT NOW THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS SAYING THAT
THEY HAVE LOOKED AT ENOUGH DATA TO SAY THAT THERE IS ENOUGH
OF A LINK TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT.
"IT CITED STUDIES SUGGESTING THAT AN ADDITIONAL
FIVE OUNCES OF RED MEAT PER DAY RAISES THE RISK OF
COLORECTAL CANCER BY 17 PERCENT.
EATING AN ADDITIONAL 1.8
OUNCES OF PROCESSED MEAT DAILY RAISES THE RISK BY 18 PERCENT."
IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, AND YOU LOOK AT
ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT CAUSE CANCER, THESE NUMBERS ARE
HIGH, BUT RELATIVELY SPEAKING THEY ARE NOT THAT HIGH.
HOWEVER, THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS, IS ANYONE SURPRISED BY
THIS?
EVEN IF THERE IS NO CAUSATION, WE ALL KNOW THAT EATING
PROCESSED FOOD IS NOT GOOD FOR US.
WE ALL KNOW THAT IF WE EAT TOO MUCH OF IT, IT IS GOING TO
HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR HEALTH.
IT IS FUNNY TO SEE HOW THE AMERICAN MEAT INDUSTRY, AND
AMERICAN POLITICIANS ARE RESPONDING TO THIS.
EVERYTHING IN MODERATION, AND LET'S MOVE ON WITH OUR LIVES.
>> MOVE ON.
YOU KNOW WHAT DOESN'T SOUND FUN?
COLORECTAL CANCER.
>>IT SOUNDS TERRIBLE.
I DON'T HEAR ABOUT THAT TYPE OF CANCER A LOT, BUT APPARENTLY IT
HAPPENS.
>> HERE IS MY TAKE ON THIS, I READ THIS STORY WHILE
HAVING A DOUBLE BURGER AT WENDY'S.
I WAS READING AND I TOOK A BITE AND SAID OH YEAH,
OH, WELL.
I SWEAR TO YOU MY FIRST REACTION WAS THAT I DID
NOT BELIEVE IT.
>>BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.
>> IT IS OBVIOUS THAT I DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE THIS
BECAUSE I LOVE MEAT.
I LOVE PROCESSED MEAT AND RED MEAT.
BUT TO BE FAIR TO THE CRITICS, THIS IS NOT AS CLEAR-CUT AS
CANCER FROM TOBACCO.
IT'S NOT ANYWHERE AS CLEAR-CUT AS CLIMATE SCIENCE.
EVEN SOME OF THE PANEL OF 22 DISAGREED WITH THIS.
SO, IT IS NOT UNANIMOUS.
BUT OF COURSE THE AMERICAN MEAT INDUSTRY SAYS OH, MY GOD.
THEY HAVE 95 BILLION REASONS TO COME UP WITH ALTERNATE SCIENCE.
OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE AN INCENTIVE.
BUT THERE ARE NON- MEAT INDUSTRY ñ
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE IN THE MEAT INDUSTRY.
IT JUST SOUNDS FUNNY.
I'M BEEF, AND I GIVE IT TO YOU.
>>OH, MY GOD.
>>BUT THERE ARE NON-MEAT INDUSTRY SCIENTISTS THAT ARE
ACTUALLY QUESTIONING THE RESULTS.
>>THE WASHINGTON POST DID A GOOD JOB OF ANALYZING DATA.
THEY TALKED ABOUT WHY IT IS SO CHALLENGING TO FIND
CAUSATION IN STUDIES LIKE THIS.
"EXPERIMENTS TO TEST WHETHER OR NOT A FOOD CAUSES CANCER
POSE A MASSIVE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE ñ
THEY REQUIRE CONTROLLING THE DIETS OF THOUSANDS OF TEST
SUBJECTS OVER A COURSE OF MANY YEARS.
FOR EXAMPLE, ONE GROUP WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO EAT LOTS OF
MEAT AND ANOTHER LESS, OR NONE."
"BUT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS INVOLVING COST AND FINDING
TEST SUBJECTS, SUCH EXPERIMENTS ARE RARELY DONE."
PLUS, THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER FACTORS INVOLVED THAT CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO AN INCREASED RISK OF CANCER.
IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO PINPOINT ONE SPECIFIC THING AND SAY
THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> THE AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE THEN DECIDED THEY WOULD
STRIKE BACK AT THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
THEY PUT OUT THIS STATEMENT, " THE PANEL SAYS YOU CAN
ENJOY YOUR YOGA CLASS, BUT DON'T BREATHE AIR.
DON'T SIT NEAR A SUN FILLED WINDOW, APPLY ALOE VERA,
DRINK WINE, OR EAT GRILLED FOOD."
THEY JUST LISTED EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES CANCER.
THEY DIDN'T SAY DON'T BREATHE, THEY SAID DON'T BREATHE
POLLUTED AIR BECAUSE POLLUTION WILL CAUSE CANCER.
THEY SAID DON'T SIT IN THE SUN BECAUSE YOU WILL GET SKIN
CANCER.
THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO CONFUSE PEOPLE.
>>THEY ARE MINIMIZING THOSE STUDIES AND WHAT THEY LOOKED AT
SPECIFICALLY
TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS JUST
A BUNCH OF CLOWNS WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
>>
YEAH, BUT YOU MAKE $95 MILLION OFF OF MEAT AND ARE NOT BIASED.
IS EVERYTHING WE ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER?
I THINK THE REACTION IS NOT THE TWO EXTREMES.
ONE EXTREME IS TO NOT EAT ANYTHING OR TOUCH ANYTHING.
JUST EAT BROCCOLI RICE AND WE ARE DONE WITH IT.
THE OTHER EXTREME IS, I DON'T CARE ABOUT SCIENCE, PASS ME
A HOT DOG.
YOU ARE A KNUCKLEHEAD IN ONE DIRECTION, AND THE OTHER
YOU ARE NOT REALLY HAVING TOO MUCH FUN.
THE ANSWER IS, LET'S DO MORE STUDIES AND FIND OUT AS
MUCH AS WE CAN.
LET'S SEE IF THEY BACK THIS UP.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING, NOT THE END OF SCIENCE.
ANA KASPARIAN IS RIGHT.
USE COMMON SENSE ON TOP OF THE COMMON SENSE.
YOU THINK ALL THAT BACON IS GREAT FOR YOU?
>> EVERYONE KNOWS IT IS NOT.
>> I THINK BACON IS GOD'S FOOD, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT
GREAT FOR ME.
I AM NOT AN IDIOT.
FOR ME, I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO IT IN MODERATION ñ
NOT TRUE, I WILL STILL EAT MEAT VORACIOUSLY.
AT LEAST I KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING MYSELF INTO.
I HAVE BEEN WARNED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE SMART AND DID RESEARCH.
I PROCESS THAT INFORMATION, NO PUN INTENDED, AND THEN THEY
AT LEAST GIVE ME THE ADVANTAGE OF KNOWING THE REALITY SO I
CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
WE SHOULD BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT AND NOT ATTACK IT.