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The Processed Meat You Don’t Realise You’re Eating May Be Harming Your Health

Processed meat isn’t just bacon, sausages and hot dogs - and it takes less than you might think for the health risks to rise.

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Ben Jones MD PhD
Jun 06, 2026
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A selection of appetising processed meats laid out on a buffet table. Text overlying the image reads ‘Delicious, Familiar, Risky’

One of the great small pleasures of staying in a British bed and breakfast is the full English breakfast.

Bacon, sausage, black pudding, a fried egg, toast, and a cup of strong tea, with the promise of a day’s adventures waiting outside the door. I’m not going to pretend it isn’t one of life’s genuinely wonderful meals.

But I eat maybe two or three a year…

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