How does bacon cause cancer?

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I get that it causes cancer because it has a variety of carcinogens, but how exactly do those carcinogens provoke cancer?

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When exposed to intense heat, some of the preservatives in bacon (particularly sodium nitrate) become carcinogens such as nitrosamine.

Nitrosamine causes cancer in many ways but it basically damages your DNA and causes cell death which could lead to tumors.

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