WHO Report on Meat and Cancer

While WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (AICR) report reclassifies carcinogenic groups, the recommendation remains the same - avoid processed meats and eating no more than 18 ounces (~500 gm) of cooked red meat weekly to lower colorectal cancer risk. Cancer Research UK explain how the cancer classification system works and what the risks are. Marion Nestle provides some comments on the meat-is-carcinogenic report. Also see past Article Analysis: Red Meat Consumption and Mortality. Further message from WHO October 29, 2015: