The World Health Organization recently released a study where it indicated that consuming processed and red meats gave humans an increase in colorectal cancer. The problem is that the headline was picked up by all the news sources and didn't really give the full story. These meats were placed in the same category as cigarettes in terms of the severity of cancer that can arise from them. However, you have a one percent increased risk of getting cancer if you consume these meats on a regular basis. If you start smoking, you have a twenty-four hundred percent chance increased risk of getting cancer. It is misleading to say the least, but there's really no reason to panic.