Cancer Causing Ham!

The World Cancer Research Fund has told parents to stop putting processed meat such as ham in their children's lunchboxes. They urged parents to stop their children developing a taste for processed meat because eating too much of it over decades can raise the risk of bowel cancer.

The UK's Food Standards Agency said processed meat is good for lunchboxes but should not be eaten "too often". Over recent years, the link between processed meats and bowel cancer in adults has been discovered, suggesting that thousands of cases could be prevented if everyone limited how much processed meat they eat to 70g a week.

The Cancer Research Fund wants processed meats such as ham and salami on sandwiches to be replaced with chicken, fish or cheese. Marni Craze, the charity's children's education manager, said: "It is better if children learn to view processed meat as an occasional treat if it is eaten at all."

So what are your views on this? What will you think now when you put that nice cancer-causing ham in your mouth? Leave your thoughts in a comment.

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Pooch In The Pot (+ Add Seasoning)

I can't quite believe the piece of news I've just heard about. How many of you have dogs? And how many of you love them too much to ever be able to... eat it? Yes, this is true, some madman in a native land far far away (more commonly known as New Zealand) has cooked his canine pet and eaten it for dinner. How horrible is that? It's more than strange...

Now I have absolutely nothing against New Zealand. In fact, I love the country having been there before years back, so I was flabbergasted when I learnt that somebody who lives in Auckland had done this. To get it out in the open, no, it was no accident, no, he probably isn't a 'lunatic' as such, so how did this happen? And why? I'm sure this sort of thing happens to individuals who have absolutely nothing to eat, anyone can understand that. But in a city like that, something is not right! I'm not going to name any other country/place that this could happen as I don't want to get in trouble, but there are those crazy reaches in out galaxy where it can happen. This man is Tongan-born (anyone care to explain where this is at all?) and his name is Paea Taufu. He was 'in the process of roasting his pitbull terrier-cross in a traditional Umu pit-barbecue when animal protection inspectors arrived to investigate.They were called by a concerned member of the public on Sunday but arrived too late for the animal.' Now I don't know about these 'Tongan' beings, but I can guess that this may happen regularly. But not in New Zealand! Can you not imagine those woofs coming from the barbecue, the sound slowly dying and becoming ever less frequent...

But it's funny. Anyone who agrees with me to say that this is cruel; is it actually? We eat (apart from you veggie lot) meat from other animals, so why are dogs any different? They're just the same as... pigs... ducks... cows... lambs etc. Except many people have them in their own households. 'Taufu' has kindly said that he will not cook another pooch just in case he upsets anyone again. Good Move!

So what do you all think. Is it right? How would you react if you saw it happen? And what do dogs actually mean to us?

~ Adv

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