Top 11 Cancer Causing Foods You Should Avoid

Top 11 Cancer Causing Foods to Avoid

Here is a list of the top 11 cancer-causing foods that you most likely eat every day that may contain carcinogens.You may have to avoid them to be less susceptible to cancer

1. Hydrogenated Oils

This commonly known cancer-causing food. Hydrogenated oils are one of the food preservatives to give food an appealing look for as long as possible and make them tasty.

Cancer Causing Foods You Should Avoid

My comments: Those oils can stimulate cell membranes ‘structure and flexibility, which can lead to cancer. Hydrogenated oils are often healthy in their natural state but quickly turned into poison through the process they go through.

Buy fresh vegetables or at least foods that are close to their natural state as possible.It actually means you should pay attention to the label and check everything you buy that’s packaged and processed.

The processing turns the healthy vegetable oil into a poisonous substance known as Trans-fat. I  instead you should be using coconut oils and olive and which are naturally extracted.

2. Farmed Salmon Fish

According to a research, more than 60 percent of the Salmon are farmed raised, and that’s bad. Farmed salmon fish contains high levels of PCBS, mercury and dioxin- three cancer causing chemicals. These fish are fattened up with feed that’s contaminated with chemicals, antibiotics and pesticides. But wild salmon are healthy to eat because it contain high omega-3 fatty acids which make it better.

In addition, the farmed salmon is lower in the healthy omega-3 fatty acids that abound in the wild salmon fish specimens, Go wild when it comes to buying salmon.

3. Sugar, Refined Sugar

It is true that sugar feeds every cell in our body- even cancer cells. But a research shows that eating sugar doesn’t necessarily lead to cancer, it is what sugar does to your waistline that can lead to cancer.

You can make positive improvement in your diet and your health by maintain a healthy weight, exercise more, spread carbs out and balanced total carbohydrate intake.

 

There are a lot of good reasons to choose locally grown, organic produce when possible. It is recommended to limit consumption of pesticides by purchasing organic fruits and vegetables.

USDA argues that 45 % of the world’s crops are lost to pest infestation, so many farmers count on pesticides.

The environment protection agency and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) work together to monitor and control as how much pesticide can be used on farms. and how long it is safe to be on the product once it reaches the grocery store shelves.

Pesticides are toxic and when used on fruits and vegetables maybe putting an individual at risk of cancer.

You can reduce your exposure to the pesticide by up to 80% by purchasing the organic version fruits and vegetables like apples, peaches, strawberries, grapes, celery, spinach, sweet bell peppers, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, potatoes. And fruits like hot peppers, avocados, sweet corn, pineapples, cabbage, sweet peas, papayas, kiwi, eggplant, grapefruits, cantaloupe, cauliflower, and sweet potatoes.

Both regular and diet sodas are linked to obesity, certain cancers, and kidney damage, and regular sodas are accused of elevating blood pressure.

Regular soda is also a significant source of empty calories and sugar in people’s diet.Nutritionists and doctors recommending that if you to lose weight begins by eliminating soda entirely. It is also theorized that the body has difficulty recognizing calories from liquids.

Process meat is one of cancer causing foods that you should avoid immediately.Eating processed meat is linked to increased risk of several diseases, including cancer, nearly all processed meats are made with sodium nitrate.

A study published in the journal carcinogenesis conclude that consuming processed meat such as bacon, pepperoni and hot dogs can increase the risk of colorectal polyps.This is the concern because cancer of the colon and rectum develops from polyps.

Although only microwave- popcorn bags have been proven to contain Carcinogens. The contents carry their perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), also called C8; Exposure to PFOA significantly increase the risk of kidney, bladder, liver and pancreas and testicular cancers

Artificial sweetener has been largely linked with various forms of cancer, genetic abnormalities, and other chronic diseases.

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Artificial sweeteners are also accused of increasing appetite and energy intake and causing people gain weight. Many studies have claimed artificial sweeteners in products that provide little or no energy were associated with heightened hunger.

9. French Fries/Potato Chips

Please stop eating fries, because according to recent research it is among the top 11 cancer causing foods. Most fries fast food eat every day are fried in hydrogenated vegetable oil and then heavily salted.

As I mentioned above, the dangers of hydrogenated oils, but the high salt content is also bad; It increases the risk of high blood pressure and other health problems. In addition, foods heated above a certain temperature have high levels of acrylamide, which is dangerous to our health.

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in our food is another major health hazard and cancer causing foods to everyone. 80 percent of processed are genetically engineering foods like baby formula and have been discovered to cause health problems Canola, sugar beets, Corn, soy, and cottonseed are mostly genetically modified.

There are a lot of other foods that are currently being engineered and altering your food supply without your knowledge. Over 60 countries are restricting the GMO foods.  Because these GMO foods increase the risk of cancer.Do you know any other foods or food ingredients that can cause cancer? Feel free to share it with o in the comment box below.