Certain Meat Components May Increase Bladder Cancer Risk, Study Suggests

A new study suggests that consuming specific compounds in meat related to processing methods may be associated with an increased risk of developing bladder cancer. The findings may be relevant for understanding the role of dietary exposures in cancer risk.

People whose diets had the highest amount of total dietary nitrite (from all sources and not just from meat), as well as those whose diets had the highest amount of nitrate plus nitrite from processed meats had a 28 percent to 29 percent increased risk of developing bladder cancer compared with those who consumed the lowest amount of these compounds.

Source:

http://www.mujplan.cz/postup.php?id=725

For more information:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100802073941.htm