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new report from World Health Organisation (WHO) says processed meat causes cancer. Processed meat includes bacon, hot dogs, ham and sausages, as well as canned meat and meat-based sauces. report was made by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). It said it was important to tell the world about danger of processed meat because of large number of people who eat it and get cancer. The report says that eating just 50g of processed meat day increases chance of developing certain types of cancer by 18 per cent. Fifty grams is just two slices of bacon or one sausage. The WHO also said eating red meat carried risk of developing cancer.

Although WHO warned people about risk of eating too much processed and red meat, it did say that meat had health benefits. Meat has many important vitamins and minerals. WHO said people should cut down on amount of processed meat they eat. People should also eat more food that contains fibre, such as fruit and vegetables, so they have balanced diet. meat industry is not happy with some of details of report. It does not like fact that IARC put processed meat in the same group as tobacco and alcohol. spokesperson said processed meat is not as harmful as alcohol or tobacco. The North American Meat Institute said report would unnecessarily scare people.