Dr Cory Couillard

Image courtesy of www.FreeDigitalPhotos.net Processed meats make global news once again.  A new study published in the journal BMC Medicine concluded that diets that are high in processed meats would increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. Researchers said that the salt and chemicals used in preserving sausages, ham, bacon and other processed meats increased the risk of dying young in a study that included over a half of million otherwise healthy people in 10 European countries. The British Journal of Cancer (BJC) recently found processed meats to increase the risk of pancreatic cancer by 38 percent as well. The data was gathered from 11 clinical trials and over 6,000 pancreatic cancer patients. Pancreatic cancer is one of the types of cancers that boast the highest mortality rate amongst all cancers. Lifestyle dictates health outcomes In total, one in every 17 people in the study died prematurely.  The statistics show that 5,500 died from heart disease and ...