No Total waiver needed: WHO recommends sausage consumption in moderation

Ill or not? The WHO has recently provided a study for attention: This sausage is recognized as a cancer risk. After a storm of protest, the organization has backtracked now. Because, apparently, sausage is not now so dangerous.

The International cancer research Agency (IARC) calls according to the world health organization (WHO) is not a total absence of sausage. After protests and Calls for clarification the WHO said in Geneva on Thursday, the most recent assessment of their authority to ask more of the people food such as sausages, ham and other processed meat to eat at all. But the Agency point out, this could reduce a reduced consumption, the risk of cancer.

Risk Of Cancer Of The Sausage

The WHO authority announced on Monday in Lyon, of the regular consumption will increase the risk for colorectal cancer. In addition, the experts rated red meat in General, as probably carcinogenic. Including the muscle meat of all mammals is to be understood, and, therefore, of beef, pork, lamb, veal, sheep, horse and goat.

A working group of 22 experts had analysed 800 studies about the connection between meat consumption and the risk for various types of cancer. The WHO authority came to the conclusion that the colorectal cancer risk for every 50 grams of processed meat increases the day by 18 percent.