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Can Eating Ham Cause Cancer? This Is Said by Who and Specialists

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Specialists insisted that the usual consumption of meat processed as sausages, ham, bacon and canned or canned meat increases the risk of developing colon cancer, as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned in a report in 2015. Nutriologist Ericka Mota warned this week that there is scientific evidence that foods such as ham, sausage, bacon and sausages have an association with cancer, mainly colorectal, although this does not mean that eating…
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The consumption of ham and its relationship with cancer: what scientific studies say For several years, the consumption of ham and other processed meat has generated concern on health issues, especially its possible relationship with cancer. In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a report in which it warns that the usual consumption of meat processed as ham, sausage, bacon and sausages is associated with an increased risk of deve…

This is not a recent classification: for at least a decade, due to its nature (processed meat), both the World Health Organization and many other health authorities have recommended reducing the consumption of ham, as well as sausages, bacon, cured meats, and other processed meats. In general, this includes all meat that “has been transformed by salting, curing, fermentation, smoking, or other processes to enhance its flavor or improve its prese…

The World Health Organization (WHO) classification of processed meats, such as ham, created confusion by including them in the same group as tobacco as carcinogenic agents. Specialists remember that this category does not mean that eating ham is as dangerous as smoking, but that there is solid scientific evidence of its relationship with cancer, especially colorectal. (Continue reading...) The entry The WHO classifies ham next to tobacco because…

The consumption of ham is common, it is part of the diet of thousands of people. In recent days on social networks have circulated with alarming headlines that compare the ham with highly carcinogenic products like cigars. But what is there really in those statements and what does the World Health Organization (WHO) say about processed meats? Ham is a food product obtained from the rear legs of the pig. It is made by a salting process and, depen…

Specialists insisted that the usual consumption of meat processed as sausages, ham, bacon and canned or canned meat increases the risk of developing colon cancer, as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned in a report in 2015. Nutriologist Ericka Mota warned this week that there is scientific evidence that foods such as ham, sausage, bacon and sausages have an association with cancer, mainly colorectal, although this does not mean that eating…

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Vanguardia broke the news in on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
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