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Does Red Meat Cause Myeloma?
Does Red Meat Cause Myeloma? Nutrition, the right foods, the wrong foods, diets for myeloma patients and survivors, etc. etc. are heatedly debated in online MM groups.
- The Mediterranean diet,
- The Ketogenic diet,
- The Alkaline diet,
- The Macrobiotic diet,
- The vegan/veggie diet,
and on and on. And each of these diets has pluses and minus’. But a question that is a component of the diet issue is about red meat. Does red meat cause cancer? Can myeloma patients eat red meat?
While I don’t want to bore you, both the video and the content linked below speak directly to this issue. And the accurate discussion requires some jargon.
Does red meat cause cancer?
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The bottom line is that red meat will increase the risk of cancer and MM, but by a small amount. When I have a hot dog for the 4th of July, for example, my increased risk of cancer is tiny.
As a long-term MM survivor, I look at nutrition as a group of eating habits rather than as a “diet” in the Weight Watchers sense of the term.
- Little animal fat (it’s not about animal protein but animal fat)
- Little refined sugar (I consume glucose but not refined sugars)
- Little alcohol (I have a glass of wine with dinner)
- Nutritional supplementation (polyphenols mostly)
- Lots of fruits and veggies
One more thing. My diet has slowly improved over the years. I don’t think that MM patients should go cold turkey on nutritional habits. Progress, not perfection, is my motto.
Email me at David.PeopleBeatingCancer@gmail.com with questions about all things MM.
Hang in there,
David Emerson
- MM Survivor
- MM Cancer Coach
- Director PeopleBeatimgCancer
Does Eating Red Meat Actually Raise Your Cancer Risk?
When the WHO declared red meat a carcinogen and compared hot dogs to cigarettes, it made headlines worldwide.
Meat seems like a simple topic to study, but it’s surprisingly complex, with varying consumption patterns worldwide.
The key distinction we need to understand is between regular and processed red meat. Processing involves transformation through salting, smoking, or curing — not just cooking on your grill.
Looking at the actual numbers, your baseline lifetime risk for colon cancer is approximately 4% without any risk factors.
Daily consumption of 50 g of processed meat increases this risk by 18%, bringing it to about 5% — a 1-percentage point increase in absolute terms.
While this risk isn’t astronomical, it’s not negligible either. The key point: These estimates assume daily consumption, so occasionally eating processed meat doesn’t carry the same risk.
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