Is meat from the deli counter ok?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We buy the in store roasted turkey from Giant. There are tons of brands out there that also do not have nitrates.

Do some research. I have no idea now all of a sudden people are freaking out.

You should do some research. They have to have something to keep them from spoiling. Most use celery juice. Look up what occurs in high quantities in celery juice.

[Anonymous]

Here is an excellent article from The Atlantic that goes into more detail on IARC's rating system that, I swear, is designed to scare the hell out of everyone.

October 26, 2015
The Atlantic

Beefing With the World Health Organization's Cancer Warnings: A new ruling on processed meat shows how confusing the organization’s classification scheme is—again.

• BY: ED YONG

The International Agency of Research into Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organization, is notable for two things. First, they’re meant to carefully assess whether things cause cancer, from pesticides to sunlight, and to provide the definitive word on those possible risks. Second, they are terrible at communicating their findings.

Their failings are in full view today. As my colleague Olga Khazan reported, IARC’s working group of 22 scientists reviewed a large buffet of existing studies and “classified the consumption of red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans (Group 2A),” and processed meat “as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1).” To explain, the organization slots everything into five possible categories. The highest tier, Group 1, is reserved for established carcinogens, including smoking, asbestos, alcohol, and now processed meat. The next two tiers, 2A (“probably carcinogenic”) and 2B (“possibly carcinogenic”), are for things whose relationship to cancer is less certain. Group 3 is for substances that can’t be classified, due to lack of data.

Here’s the thing: These classifications are based on strength of evidence not degree of risk.


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[Anonymous]

I can promise you there is nothing you can cut from your diet that is going to stop you from getting cancer. If it's not the meat, it's gonna be the cheese. If not the cheese, the pollution. If not the pollution, the time you went to the beach when you were 7 and got a bad sunburn. Unless your diet consists of 100% deli meat, worrying about this is nonsensical.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, 13:30.

Here's the Cancer Research UK link: http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2015/10/26/processed-meat-and-cancer-what-you-need-to-know/

[Anonymous]

Being alive causes cancer. So does burnt toast.

[Anonymous]

Did you really have to quote that entire wall of text just to say "Excellent analysis" haha. AHHH MY EYES!

[Anonymous]

OP, it is the same as it was yesterday. I assure you.

[Anonymous]

Didn't read that wall of text and from yesterday's news -- I'm not sure what amounts of deli meat they're referring to. But as for bacon/sausage and red meat, they looked at a significant number of grams of consumption DAILY; I know for red meat they said something like 50 grams (size of a deck of cards) every day is what was studied.

Is there anyone who eats these things in quantity every day?? I like deli sandwiches and yet have always realized they aren't great, so I tend not to have more than 1 every 2 weeks or so.

[Anonymous]

What does this all mean for turkey? I have a turkey sandwich from the deli counter about 4-5 times per week for lunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I know for red meat they said something like 50 grams (size of a deck of cards) every day is what was studied.

Is there anyone who eats these things in quantity every day?? I like deli sandwiches and yet have always realized they aren't great, so I tend not to have more than 1 every 2 weeks or so.

50 g is slightly less than 2 oz. A restaurant hamburger is typically advertised as having 8 oz of meat. A large deli sandwich could have 4 oz.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does this all mean for turkey? I have a turkey sandwich from the deli counter about 4-5 times per week for lunch.

It means you better have a Will prepared ASAP. You will be missed on DCUM. Farewell PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does this all mean for turkey? I have a turkey sandwich from the deli counter about 4-5 times per week for lunch.

Reconstituted turkey breast is about processed as meat gets. If the deli is roasting a real turkey breast, that's a different story.

[Anonymous]

The WHO also classifies alcohol as a carcinogen. Are you going to stop drinking too?

And here are some folks who've lived to be over 100 who love bacon:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/pearl-cantrell-bacon-105-year-old_n_3230095.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/we-just-had-breakfast-with-supercentenarian-susannah-mushatt-jones-2015-5
http://www.vcstar.com/news/to-woman-celebrates-107th-birthday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We buy the in store roasted turkey from Giant. There are tons of brands out there that also do not have nitrates.

Do some research. I have no idea now all of a sudden people are freaking out.

Our Giant does not roast their turkey in house. It looks like it is but I asked the lady and she said it was processed just like the others. WF does roast but it is very dry the next day. I can't go each day!

[Anonymous]

I've cut this food item out a long time ago as this really is not new news. I also cut out red meat about three years ago. It isn't that this,study is valid, it certainly is, but even I know that environmental factors don't create the whole story with regard to cancer. Yes, I don't eat those things but do wear makeup which probadly isn't safe, and I dye my hair, and I'm using my cell, etc.