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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Matt Payton

Bacon and alcohol ‘increase stomach cancer risk’

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Eating processed meat such as bacon and drinking alcohol has been “strongly” linked to stomach cancer.

People eating 50g of processed meat a day, equivalent to two rashers of bacon, was found to have an increased risk of encouraging the condition, according to a study from the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) first published in 2016.

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