The vaccine also reduced by 66.5% the number of cases of postherpetic neuralgia and reduced the severity and duration of pain and discomfort associated with shingles, by 61.1%.
The processing of meat, by adding preservatives such as salt or sodium nitrite to prevent the growth of germs, or smoking the meat to preserve or enhance color and flavor, may add compounds that might increase the potential of these foods to cause cancer.oncern about the possible effects of food additives on health, including cancer, is one reason that many people are now interested in organic foods. Organic foods are often promoted as an alternative to foods grown with conventional methods that use chemical pesticides and herbicides, hormones, or antibiotics.
Processed meat has been classified as a âdefiniteâ cause of cancer (or Group 1 carcinogen) â the same group that includes smoking and alcohol. And red meat is a âprobableâ cause of cancer (or a Group 2a carcinogen) â the same group as shift work. While this may sound alarming, itâs important to remember that these groups show how confident IARC is that red and processed meat cause cancer, not how much cancer they cause.