When the World Health Organization announced last week that bacon, sausage and other processed meat that Americans love the most cause's cancer, it caused a riot in the world wide web. Everybody had their own opinion on the subject. The vegetarians answered with a smug, meat lovers were deranged and the whole meat industry answered with a big "It is not true". Now that the shock is one, and people are not talking about it over dinner, what they are finding out is how long the effect will last? Will the American people finally change their breakfast menu?
According to the Washington Post, there is no definite answer at this point. All that is present is an indicator that there was a study the last time that found eating meat can cause cancer. In 2002, the American Cancer Society suggested that people should limit their consumption of processed food and red meat stating that they have found that diets with low consumption of those mentioned also showed lower risk of some types of cancer. It also added that diets might be responsible for more than a third of all deaths related to cancer in the United States. Like the news last week, this study also gained a lot of loud reaction and many people listened intently however, they continued the same diet like they did before.
According to data from a research market firm the NPD Group, the consumption of processed and red meat and many other animal related proteins stayed the same and didn't even move an inch. In fact, Americans these days opt to have more processed meat than they did dozens of years ago. Americans didn't change their love for processed and red meat just because of the study. It is still vague and unclear as to why Americans remain so stubborn about this matter. Maybe it is possible that they just love the animal protein too much just like everybody else. Darren Seifer, an analyst at NPD said the humans are creatures that follow a habit for the most part and are slow to accepting and following change.
