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Bowel cancer is the 3rd most common cancer in the USA, and cancer is one of the largest human causes of death that is fairly hard to avoid otherwise: https://w

Bowel cancer is the 3rd most common cancer in the USA, and cancer is one of the largest human causes of death that is fairly hard to avoid otherwise: https://www.verywell.com/what-is-the-most-common-cancer-in-the-us-2249408 https://www.verywell.com/what-is-the-most-common-cancer-in-t... So it's not a small chance.

stickfigure 9y ago
Let's use real numbers shall we? https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/colorect.html https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/colorect.html Approximately 4.3 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer at some point during their lifetime, based on 2012-2014 data. Your chance (roughly) goes from 4.3% to 5% if you eat bacon (and salumi, prosciutto, etc) regularly. Whether or not you personally consider this small or large, it seems like a pretty straightforward cost/benefit analysis.