New Warning Today That Bacon, Hot Dogs, Cold Cuts Put You In The Same Cancer Threat Category As A Smoker
BALDWIN: OK. So what I'm about to tell you may have you rethinking your dinner plan, breakfast. A new warning today that bacon, hotdogs, cold cuts put you in the same cancer threat category as a smoker. Not only that, it takes it one step further, the experts saying beef, pork, veal and lamb are quote "probably carcinogenic." This is the doctor. I don't know. It's one of those words that trips me up. Dr. Philippa Cheetham is a cancer specialist and medical correspondent for cure connections. I've talked to is many people about this. This is one of those that everyone like. No bacon, no cold cuts. I grew up eating turkey sandwiches and bologna as a kid. So far, knock on wood, I'm all right. But you know, this doesn't surprise you. You have known this all along. We have not.</s>DR. PHILIPPA CHEETHAM, MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT CURE CONNECTIONS: That's right. I mean, this is big news today. We're hearing, you know, red meat increases risk of not just breast cancer but prostate cancer, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, many different cancers that are being shown to be associated with the amount of red meat you eat and also the type of red meat, Brooke. And the problem is although there's hundreds of studies that have shown this association, we don't tell our patients the general public are not aware of how serious the cancer risk eating red meat is.</s>BALDWIN: So last hour I had Pat Lafrida on. If you live in New York City, you probably had, you know, stakes from Hamburgers from him. The provide me. And his family have been doing it for a hundred years, butchers meats, et cetera. And he actually said to me he had stomach cancer in 2003. His doctor said, you know, it is no in any kind processed meats. And he has cut it out, but he seems to think, you know, fresh cooked red meat is OK.</s>CHEETHAM: Well, let's just talk about what the risks are. We know that if you eat red meat, the more well done it is, the more barbecued it is, the more chant it is, the greater the risk of cancer. But what is it in red meat that causes cancer? These are poly-hydro</s>BALDWIN: Do you eat red meat?</s>CHEETHAM: I do eat red meat, but in very small amounts.</s>BALDWIN: So that bottom line - tinny tiny amount.</s>CHEETHAM: I mean, I think at the end of the day, some people are eating red meat three times a day. They are eating large quantities and this study shows that processed red meats in particular are very, very bad for us. We have to remember that.</s>BALDWIN: Dr. Cheetham, thank you so much.</s>CHEETHAM: Thank you.</s>BALDWIN: Dully noted. Next here, the woman accused of driving her car into a crowd of people at a parade goes before a judge this afternoon. She is facing second degree murder charges. And now her family says she has struggled with mental health issues. We have more on that and our legal experts will weigh in on her case, next.