How harmful is sausage?

From the perspective of carcinogenicity, 50 grams of smoked sausage is equivalent to a whole pack of cigarettes. He said that research shows that eating 50 grams of processed sausage every day will increase the probability of colon cancer 18%. Not only sausages, but all processed meats, including small enema, short enema, ham and canned meat, are high-risk carcinogens.

But from the carcinogenic point of view, smoking sausage is the most dangerous, because the smoke in the smoking process contains many harmful substances. In addition to nitrite, this sausage also contains phenylpropyl pyrene with carcinogenic activity. This substance is decomposed from wood at high temperature during smoking.

Experts emphasize that long-term consumption of smoked sausages and other red meat products will increase the risk of cancer, and any treatment that extends the shelf life or changes the taste, including heat treatment, smoking and curing, will make meat food harmful to human health.

Sausage is the most common processed meat in our daily life. There are all kinds of flavors, spicy and salty is my favorite. I buy a lot to entertain my relatives and friends every New Year.

Although I knew that pickled and smoked food had cancer risk, I didn't expect it to be so big. Although delicious, health is more important. I hope everyone will pay attention and eat less ham and sausage.