Study: Five burgers a week could leave you with cancer

Posted by Chris Spags on February 23rd, 2011 at 4:26 pm

Most guys out there are like me, I’d assume, and are always ready to eat a burger. You may not go out of the way to do it everyday, but if one just materialized in front of you, who wouldn’t eat it? Bad news: A new study out of the UK says five burgers a week may leave you with cancer.

The British Scientific Community on Nutrition cautions that adults should not eat more than 17.5 ounces of red meat a week, otherwise they significantly increase the chance of cancer.

According to AOL News, Americans (and Canadians) tend to eat between 100 and 150 hamburgers each year on average, which would mean that a significant percentage of the population could be at risk.

Fortunately, there are some disputes of this study; the British Nutrition Foundation released data saying that most people eat a “healthy” amount of red meat and that links between the food and cancer were “inconclusive at best.”

So, I guess the important thing to take away from all this is that you should probably not eat any burgers. Or eat lots of burgers? Or continue eating the exact same amount of burgers, but occasionally do a headstand to keep the red meat from infecting you? I don’t really know. I’m no meatologist. All I know is that this would be fitting karmic retribution for “Popeye” character Wimpy and his shittiness regarding timely hamburger payment.

Eating 5 Burgers a Week Increases Cancer Risk, British Say [AOL News]

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