Cancer fear: People cutting down meat intake

The results of a new survey suggest that people are cutting down processed meat intake after reports that link it to cancer. This survey suggests that one out of every ten people is trying to consume less meat.

There was a report from World Cancer Research Fund last year that revealed people, who took two sausages and two slices of bacon everyday, had a 63 percent higher risk of developing bowel cancer.

Aside from meat, alcohol and smoking are two other key factors, as a bowel cancer charity says.

In that report, the evidence for the possible dangers from consuming processed meat were highlighted, but it also gave consideration to some other factors like lifestyle and other components of  diet that could increase or decrease the risk for cancer.

In the online survey almost one fourth of the people told that now they were trying to include more vegetables and fruits in their diets after knowing about that report. Similarly, 18 percent people told that they had got quite conscious about their weight, as a result of the report that showed evident link between increased body weight and six types of cancer.

There is another recent study finds link between excessive red meat consumption and bowel cancer. Nearly 11 percent people told that they were trying to reduce red meat consumption.

According to scientists, the chemicals that include during the cooking processes of meat prove damaging to the cells layer in the intestines.