Red meat cancer risk clue found

I found this new article on red meat very interesting and should be taken seriously.

Eating lots of red meat is linked with DNA damage which raises the risk of bowel cancer.

Scientists at the MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit and the Open University found out the higher levels of DNA damage in the cells taken from people eating red meat.
Previous work suggests regular meat eaters are significantly more likely to develop bowel cancer.

A spokesman for the charity Beating Bowel Cancer said: "The fact is a third of all cancers are linked to what we eat and we must not underestimate the importance of a well-balanced diet in the prevention of bowel cancer.
And processed meat might possibly increase an individual's risk of developing colorectal cancer.

Work by the Open University team suggests the reason could be the presence of substances called N-nitrosocompounds, which form in the large bowel after eating red meat.

The whole artickle can be found here.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4662934.stm

Eating large amount of red meat is high on Iron and the studies shows us that raises the risk of bowel cancer to.