
What the Health
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Worldwide, we're looking at approximately
315 million people with diabetes.
There's no question that we're in
the midst of a diabetes epidemic.
Right now, one in three
Medicare dollars
is spent in the care
of people with diabetes.
One in ten total health care dollars
is spent on people with diabetes.
There's no question that
this is a major problem.
[Kip] What in particular is the
correlation for diet and diabetes?
I'm not gonna get into that.
- Into diet?
- No.
[Latin music playing]
My name's Kip.
I'm a filmmaker from San Francisco,
and I have a confession to make.
I'm a recovering hypochondriac.
Like so many of us, I have a
family history of diabetes,
heart disease and cancer.
My dad had his first heart bypass
at 49, his second at age 50.
diabetes complications,
and both my other grandpa
and grandma died of cancer.
I was always paranoid that I would
also get one of these diseases.
Like any good hypochondriac, WebMD's
symptoms checker was essentially
my browser's home page.
Even in my teens I took Metamucil
every day and a daily aspirin.
I read all the latest
self-diagnosis books,
I ate every multivitamin
and I was obsessed with
bodily functions.
I followed all the large
health organizations'
recommendations for
preventing disease.
I exercise regularly, don't smoke,
don't drink soda, get enough sleep,
reduce stress and grew up eating what
I thought was a healthy diet until...
[tires screeching] The World
Health Organization this morning
has classified processed meat such as
bacon and sausage as carcinogenic,
directly involved in
causing cancer in humans.
[male anchor] Processed meat is clearly
linked to an increase in cancer.
Hotdogs or, bacon could be just as
dangerous as smoking cigarettes.
[Kip] The World Health
Organization had looked at over
800 studies from
ten different countries,
finding a direct link to consuming
processed meat and cancer.
Just one serving
of deli meats daily
increases your risks of
colorectal cancer by 18%.
I had no idea that what we
But I never felt like I had eaten a lot
of processed meats until I realized that
processed meat includes
hotdogs, bacon, sausage,
salami, ham, pepperoni,
cold cuts and deli slices,
basically everything
I grew up eating.
classifies processed meat
as a Group One carcinogen,
the same group as cigarettes,
asbestos and plutonium,
and classifies red meat
as a Group Two carcinogen.
Was this like I had essentially
been smoking my entire childhood?
If processed meats are labeled
the same as cigarettes,
how is it even legal for
kids to be eating this way?
I thought this
was new information,
but, many of these studies
have been around for 50 years.
I couldn't believe I'd
virtually my entire life and was just
now finding out how dangerous they are.
Why hadn't I been hearing about it
from the American Cancer Society,
in the nation?
When I went on their website,
I was shocked to see that
none of this information was
featured on their home page.
But, even more shocking,
they actually encouraged eating
Group One carcinogenic foods
like processed turkey
and canned meats.
This is after the World
Health Organization
reviewed over 800 studies definitively
linking processed meat to cancer.
[man] Thanks for calling your American
Cancer Society. My name is Sam,
I'm a cancer information specialist.
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