I think that the thing to remember if you're prone to accepting reports such as that being reported is that everything is "bad" for you and most things can cause cancer!

A sensible person would look at such reports and say "prove it". They'd also say that the truth of the matter is that just the processed meat on it's own would (or might) affect only some people!

How can you have any confidence in such things when they say:- "Meanwhile, it said red meats were "probably carcinogenic" but there was limited evidence."

Then they continue:- "Processed meat is meat that has been modified to increase its shelf-life or alter its taste - such as by smoking, curing or adding salt or preservatives.

It is these additions which could be increasing the risk of cancer." Note the word "could."

I wonder if the people who compile such stuff fall in to the category of pinch-faced, anorexic-looking people who're ill all the time and live on shredded cabbage, a handful of nuts and a bowl of Lentils?