Eating One Steak A Week May Increase Cancer Risk 40 Percent

If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, then what about steak? Just one steak a week may increase the chance of bowel cancer by 42 percent.

Steak is linked to an increased risk in colon cancer, according to a new study.
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Frank Mojica

11/07/2015 4:30 a.m.

According to Daily Mail, scientists at Oxford determined that four portions of red meat increases the likelihood of developing bowel cancer by more than two-fifths. Four portions of red meat is less than a standard 10 ounce steak.

Even 50 grams – the equivalent of a sausage or two slices of bacon – can increase the risk by 18 percent.

The study involved 500,000 middle-aged men and women and is one of the largest to research a link between diet and bowel cancer.

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