Processed meat such as sausages has been classified as number one group that is likely to cause cancer in the human body by the World Health Organization.
Even though sausages are cheap and sweet, they do not worth the pleasure because they put you at a risk of getting several cancers.The following are reasons why you should keep off from sausages and to avoid cancer:
Sausages are preserved with chemical additives which highly triggers cancers of the prostate in men, gastric and lung.
Furthermore, consuming an average of three sausages is like smoking which puts you at a higher risk of pancreatic and colorectal cancers. Meaning, the risk increases with the amount you consume.
Sausages are also rich in proteins and consuming a lot of sausages without exercising increase your chances of becoming overweight. Being obsessed increases your risk of developing breast cancer in women, colon cancer and prostate cancer in men.
Deep frying is a method of preparing sausages. Deep fried sausages have also been linked cancer since heating oil can generate potentially carcinogenic compounds and it highly associated with prostate cancer.
According to Cancer Research UK, red meet used to make sausages contain nitrites and nitrates with are converted to cancer-causing compounds in the body.