Tocino Causes Cancer
The World Health Organisation (WHO) currently warns that bacon cured with nitrites is as dangerous as asbestos and smoking, because the chemicals produce carcinogenic nitrosamines when ingested.
They have estimated that around 34,000 bowel and colon cancer deaths each year are directly attributable to diets which are high in processed meat.
The WHO has also calculated that eating two rashers of nitrite-cured bacon per day increases the risk of contracting bowel cancer by 18 per cent.
In Philippines, according 6th National Nutrition Survey (NNS) ten nitrate-and nitrate-treated meat products rank among the top 20 processed meats consumed by Filipinos. Nitrates and nitrites in high concentration are factors in formation of intestinal colon cancer and type one diabetics.
The JECFA-WHO/FAO (2002) Acceptable Daily intake (ADI) is 0.07 mg nitrite per kg body weight. A 50 kilogram person should not ingest 3.5 mg a day.
Food and Nutrition Research Institute conducted laboratory testing of most common meat products consumed by Filipinos. Product selection and area of sampling are random.
Testing Results:
Tocino = 6.8-399.3 mg/kg
Beef Tapa = 33.9 mg/kg
Longganisa = 6.0-328.8 mg/kg
Chorizo = 5.8-195.7 mg/kg
BFAD Maximum Level = 416 mg/kg
Ham = 63.3-164.6 mg/kg
BFAD Maximum Level = 168 mg/kg
Hotdog = 9.6-104.1 mg/kg
Corned beef = 12.7-49.2 mg/kg
Vienna sausage = 38.9-104.9 mg/kg
Luncheon meat = 96.4-106.8 mg/kg
Meat/Beef loaf = 80.6 mg/kg
BFAD Maximum Level = 134 mg/kg
No products exceeded the levels set by BFAD but every person eating the meat products have the potential risk of exceeding ADI. Ingesting 125 grams of meat loaf will give a 50 kilogram person approximately 8 mg of hazardous preservative, 4.5 mg excess.
Avoiding One's Fear by Fiona Macdonald
Most of us spend a huge amount of mental energy trying to push away fear, to block it from our minds completely. We live in a world of painkillers, tranquilizers, beta blockers and all sorts of more raucous solutions to fear; people will go to remarkable lengths to push aside the thoughts they least want to think.
Yet, as William Stafford suggests in For My Young Friends, it is only by allowing our fears in, by bending with them instead of trying rigidly to ignore them, that we can grow. Our fears are always on the edge of our vision, with us whether we acknowledge them or not. By understanding them better we can also understand ourselves. Fears are our motivations just as much as desires are. They are what makes us who we are, and what keeps us safe.
Running away may feel good in the short term – in fact, it can feel wonderful for a while. But if you’re always running and never engaging, you’ll find you’re facing in the wrong direction for your whole life. You’ll never have the chance to look back the way you came and feel proud.
Fears are not your enemies, they are your companions. Some of them are liars, and some of them are wise guides. Without getting to know them properly, you will never be able to determine which ones are which. Look your fears dead in the eye, and try to understand them. Don’t flinch, and don’t blink. You are not alone. Everyone is afraid. This is the world, and we all live here.
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