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Originally Posted by Hugh
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49877237
Let's scale that up -
In the UK, there are 37 million people aged between 18 and 59 (let's say these are most at risk), there would be
- a lifetime, there would be 259,000 fewer deaths from cancer
- 11 years, there would be 148,000 fewer deaths from heart disease
And if every week for 11 years, 37,000,000 people cut out three portions of:
- red meat, there would be 222,000 fewer cases of type 2 diabetes
- processed meat, there would be 444,000 fewer cases of type 2 diabetes
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..... which is why the official government advice isn’t changing. The difference to the individual is small, but at the population level is statistically significant and of a scale that has resource implications.
FWIW, almost everyone who stays at my B&B has bacon for breakfast.