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# Processed meat, dairy products linked to prostate cancer
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/dairy_products_processed_meat_prostate_cancer_0704161104/
- Published: 2016-07-04T12:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:45:10.000Z
- Description: Among 3,892 Maryland men aged 35 and over, those eating five or more servings of processed meat a week were 53% more likely to develop prostate cancer and 124% more likely to develop advanced disease. Five or more dairy servings tracked with 65% higher risk.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Food, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

A study in Cancer Causes & Control revealed that high intake of processed meat and dairy products was associated with increased risk of prostate cancer.

The study showed that those who ate five or more servings of processed meat per week were 53% more likely to develop prostate cancer and 124% more likely to develop advanced prostate cancer, compared to those who did not eat more than one serving per week. 

Similarly, those eating five or more servings of dairy products per week were 65% more likely than those eating one or fewer servings per week to develop prostate cancer.

The study did not find any association between intakes of total meat, red meat nor calcium, and risk of prostate cancer.

The study involved 3,892 men aged 35 or older who enrolled in the CLUE II Study of Washington County, Maryland. (David LIu)

*Hoffman, Kathy J. Helzlsouer, Sabine Rohrmann, Elizabeth A. Platz , Claudine J. Kavanaugh, Lucy Thuita, Sandra C. Meat and dairy consumption and subsequent risk of prostate cancer in a US cohort study, Cancer Causes & Control, February 2007, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp 41-50*