Silence of the Clams said:

"In November 2007, the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research published their second expert report, entitled Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective.[8] This report took five years to prepare and reviewed more than 7,000 studies published worldwide.[9] Among the recommendations of the report is that, except for very rare occasions, people should avoid eating ham or other processed meats -- cured, smoked, salted or chemically preserved meat products such as bacon, hot dogs, sausage,[10] salami,[11] and pastrami. The report states that once an individual reaches the 18-ounce (510 g) weekly limit for red meat, every 1.7 ounces (48 g) of processed meat consumed a day increases cancer risk by 21%.[9]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham

If this is true it's remarkable I'm still living and healthy. I was fucking raised on ham.

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Actully I WISH that study was true but if it was then 90% of the country would be dead!!! Howevever there is some truth to the study. There is NO question meat increases cancer risk but how much?

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Yeah! If there were only a study that delved into this question..