Cancer is a very deadly disease. Only few trapped in it ever scale through. It is spreading more than ever. The best way to tame it is prevention. Prevention is said to be better than cure. It has been established that most cancer is as a result of what we eat. It’s probably not something you think about every
day, whether or not the foods you are eating could contain carcinogens, but
with almost 1.5 million people diagnosed with some type of cancer just last
year, perhaps it’s time to look at what is in our foods that could be causing
such a huge number of new cancer patients. Here is a list of the top 10 foods
that you most likely consume every day that may contain carcinogens or be
suspected of causing cancer.
1. Microwave Popcorn
Those little bags of popcorn are
so convenient to just stick in the microwave, you wouldn’t think for a minute
that they could be dangerous to your health, but they are. The lining of the
bags havechemicals that
research has found leads to liver and pancreatic cancer, infertility, tumors,
and are defined by the EPA as known carcinogens.
Also, applied to the
popcorn itself, is a chemical called diacetyl. This is known to cause
cancer and possibly damage to the lungs.
2. Non-organic fruits
Fruits that are non-organic are
contaminated withpesticides and unsafe fertilizers. Apples are probably the worst offenders with
pesticides showing on more than 98 per cent of all apples tested. Fruits with a
90 per cent positive rate of pesticide residue included oranges, strawberries,
and grapes.
Washing fruit does not remove 100 per cent of the
residue. Pesticides are toxic chemicals to insects as well as human beings.
3. Canned Tomatoes
Actually, most canned foods are a
concern because of what the can is lined with. The lining
Tomatoes are
exceptionally dangerous due to their high acidity, which seems to cause
BPA to leech from the lining of the can into the tomatoes themselves. The level
of BPA can be so high in fact; you should seriously consider not feeding them
to children.
4. Processed Meats
This is a long list that includes,
but is not limited to, sausages, hot dogs, bacon, most lunch meats like baloney
or pimento loaf. All processed meats contain numerous chemicals and
preservatives, including sodium nitrates,
which make them, look appealing and fresh but are well known carcinogens.
5. Farmed Salmon
Although fish sounds like one of
the healthiest foods possible, farmed salmon is one you should avoid. The fish
are fed unnatural diets and are contaminated with chemicals,
antibiotics, pesticides, and other known carcinogens.
6. Potato Chips
Besides being full of Trans fats and excessive sodium, potato chips have artificial flavors, numerous preservatives, and colors. Potato chips are fried in high temperatures to make them crispy but this also causes them to make a material called acrylamide, a known carcinogen that is also found in cigarettes.
7. Hydrogenated oils
Let’s
start from the point that all hydrogenated oils are vegetable oils. Vegetable
oils cannot be extracted naturally like butter is, vegetable oils must be
chemically removed from their source, then they are changed to be more
acceptable to consumers. They are frequently deodorized and colored to look
appealing.
All vegetable oils contain high levels of Omega–6 fatty acids. An excess
of Omega- 6 fatty acids cause health problems, such as heart disease and in
increase in various cancers, especially skin cancer. You need a good balance of
both Omega 3 and Omega 6. Try to get plenty of Omega 3 every day. You can do
this in the form of supplements and grass fed meats, also fatty fish such as
salmon and mackerel are a very good source of Omega 3.
Hydrogenated
oils are used to preserve processed foods and keep them looking appealing for a
long as possible. Hydrogenated oils influence our cell membranes’ structure and
flexibility, which is linked to cancer.
8. Soda Pop
Loaded
with sugar, artificial colorings and food chemicals like derivative
4-methylimidazole (4-MI), no wonder soda pop has been shown to cause
cancer.
Soda
pop succeeds in acidifying our bodies thus feeding cancer cells.
9. Highly processed white flours
Refined white flour is in many processed foods. It has a very high glycemic rate which quickly raises the blood sugar level and can be a direct cause of diabetes, not to mention it is believed that it spreads cancer cells by feeding the cells directly.
White flour also has a huge amount of carbohydrates
which has been linked to breast cancer in women.
10. GMO’s
Genetically modified organisms, more commonly called GMO’s, are foods that have beenmodified by chemicals and grown with chemicals. These chemicals are known to cause birth defects and rapid tumor growth in research animals. Unfortunately, almost all grains, including soybeans, wheat, and corn, have been grown via GMO’s.
GMO’s do not have to be listed on food labels, so
look for labels that state the food is GMO free.
11. Refined Sugars
Refined
sugars are not only known to spike insulin levels, but also to be the most
preferable food for cancer cells, thus promoting their growth.
In order to proliferate, cancer cells seem to prefer feeding on fructose-rich
sweeteners like high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS); the reason is that HFCS is
being metabolized by cancer cells most quickly and easily. Now it is clear
why high-fructose corn syrup is considered the worst offender.
And
since cakes, pies, cookies, sodas, juices, sauces, cereals, and many
other extremely popular, mostly processed, food items are loaded
with refined sugars and HFCS in particular, this helps explain why
cancer rates are on the rise these days.
12. Artificial Sweeteners
Most
people use artificial sweeteners to either lose weight or because they are
diabetic and
Not to mention that artificial sweeteners inhibit your body’s ability to
monitor its daily calorie consumption and make the body crave even more
sweets. Well, we’ve already discussed how refined sugars can cause cancer.
There
is mounting evidence that the chemicals that make up these sweeteners,
especially aspartame, are deadly toxic to the body and can cause cancer.
13. Diet Anything
Diet foods, including frozen foods, or prepackaged foods labeled as “diet” or
“low fat”, including diet sodas, generally containaspartame, which is a chemical, artificial sweetener. There
are numerous studies showing that aspartame causes many diseases and sicknesses
such as cancers, birth defects, and heart problems.
14. Foods that are highly salted, pickled, or smoked
These
food items are known to cause higher rates of stomach cancer.
