It’s official – living causes cancer! So says an international panel of experts. From the Daily Mail.
A bombshell report yesterday blamed putting on weight, alcohol and a whole range of everyday foods for causing cancer. Consumers were told to curb drinking, avoid processed meats – including bacon, ham and sausages – and cut their intake of red meat and salt.
Even supposedly healthy fruit and vegetables were said to offer only ‘limited’ protection against the disease.
Last night, as the public wondered what exactly is safe to eat, there was a growing medical and food industry backlash against the £4.5 million study by 21 international experts on behalf of the World Cancer Research Fund.
Britain’s top cancer specialist, Professor-Karol Sikora, called the advice ‘too trite and too dogmatic’ and warned ‘no one will do it’.
He added: ‘Alcohol, red meat and bacon in moderation will do us no harm and to suggest they will is wrong.
‘I don’t intend to give up my Sunday roast and glass of wine.’
The report offers the toughest advice yet on guarding against cancer.
Its key finding is that being fat is as bad for you as smoking.
Excess body fat can trigger at least six common cancers including those affecting the breast, bowel and pancreas.
