America’s love affair with savory, cured meats hit a rough patch Monday when a World Health Organization panel declared that processed meats – like ham, hot dogs, bacon and corned beef – cause cancer in humans. The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer also determined that red meat, like beef, pork and lamb, probably cause cancer in humans as well. The panel’s action puts processed meats preserved by curing, smoking or adding preservatives in the highest category of carcinogens, with tobacco and asbestos/Tribune News Service. More here.

Question: Do you ♥ hot dogs, bacon, ham, etc., to much to change your eating ways?