Red and Processed Meat May Increase Cancer Risk

In a 2007 journal article from PLos Medicine, researchers correlated red and processed meat to cancer. The authors suggested that possibly one in ten colorectal and one in ten lung cancers could be avoided with the decreased consumption of red meat.

Read article here:

http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0040325

As a former smoker and person who has avoided red meat for a long time, I hope this means I will avoid getting lung cancer. Perhaps this is good news for vegetarian smokers or vegetarian former smokers.

HOW I GOT SO FAT? BESIDES THE OBVIOUS!

I got fat eating ice cream and pizza to my stomach's galore. However, it wasn't always exactly like this. I got fat quitting smoking. I've gained 60 pounds quitting smoking. For the last two years, I tried to quit on a regular basis. Every time I quit, I gained at least ten pounds. Then I would start back up. This time I've made it 6 months. I'll never go back because I have paid a very high price to quit in the form of FAT! It's not worth it for me to have to ever quit again and gain more weight. This is it for me. It's really good knowing that with 99 percent certainty. Now, I am ready to add a healthy life with healthy food and fitness into my life style. This is where I need to be. I don't know if I feel as strongly committed to weight loss as I did to quitting smoking. Hopefully, the same determined feeling will come through time and progress.