First grant awarded under the Request for Application Programme
The World Cancer Research Fund has recently awarded its first grant under the Request for Application Programme . The request called for research examining novel ways of assessing our food and nutrient...
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Red meat and cancer
Red meat: a healthy food? There is a story in the news today about how people think red meat contains more fat that is actually the case. This comes from MeatMatters, which is funded by the meat...
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Christian Jessen’s red meat advice
Red meat: a cancer risk factor? I blogged earlier in the week about a Daily Mail article questioning the link between red meat and cancer without mentioning that the review it was based on was funded...
View ArticleWCRF statement on SACN report
The Scientific Advisory Committe on Nutrition (SACN) has today issued its Iron and Health report. On the links between red and processed meat and cancer, SACN states: Red and processed meat is a source...
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Meat industry and the British Nutrition Foundation review
Red meat: a cancer risk factor I was at the House of Commons on Tuesday for a meeting of the Associate Parliamentary Food and Health Forum about dietary recommendations on red meat consumption. One of...
View ArticleWCRF response to Carrie Ruxton letter
Carrie Ruxton, a member of the meat industry-funded Meat Advisory Panel, has had a letter published by Meat Trades Journal in which she criticises our Expert Report‘s findings on red and processed...
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Fighting bowel cancer through lifestyle
Bowel cancer usually occurs in the large bowel. Bowel cancer is the third most common form of cancer in the UK but is also one of the most preventable. Scientists estimate 47 per cent of cases could...
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Does red meat get the red light for health?
Burgers, steak and pulled pork are on trend amongst Britain’s foodies and this national meaty obsession hasn’t gone unnoticed by the media. In recent months, two of the BBC’s prime-time investigative...
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