According to the World Health Organization, a review of literature has prompted them to classify processed meats and over consumption of red meat as a Level 1 carcinogen.  This level puts these foods in the same risk category as smoking cigarettes! http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34615621 Overall the study suggested that processed meat such as bacon, will increase the risk of colo-rectal cancer by 18% with as little as two slices of bacon a day (actually even less than that volume).  But why?  The study went further to explain that red meat is “likely a carcinogen” as well.  And once again, the best question […]