British media: British experts say eating chicken increases the risk of cancer.

Reference News Network reported on September 9 British media said that
chicken
has been associated with a higher risk of cancer. This is the first time this white meat has been linked to cancer.
Researchers from the University of Oxford in the UK have linked chicken consumption to an increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, and to an increased risk of prostate cancer in men,
the
sunday Times website reported on September 8.
the discovery could send shockwave throughout the food industry, the U.S. Food Association reported. Britons eat 1.3 billion chickens a year, an average of twice a week. Chicken has long been widely considered a healthy alternative to red meat.
findings come after a follow-up survey of 475,000 middle-age People in the UK between 2006 and 2014. The survey analyzed their diet and subsequent diseases. About 23,000 people develop cancer.
in a paper published in the British Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health, the researchers said: "The intake of poultry meat is positively associated with the risk of malignant melanoma, prostate cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This positive correlation requires further research. This
a "correlation" study and therefore only suggests that people who regularly eat chicken have a higher risk of certain cancers, but does not explain why this is happening. This may mean that poultry meat contains some kind of carcinogen, but it may also be related to the way poultry is cooked (e.g. frying).
it is well known that eating red meat increases the risk of certain cancers. One theory is that blood in red meat produces toxic decompositions when digested by the human body. "Eating more red and processed meats is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer," the researchers said. Red meat is also positively associated with breast and prostate cancer. "