Some surprising foods have been linked to cancer and you might not be thinking about that when you have a snack, but it’s often necessarily because of how the foods have been processed and what chemicals have been used.
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The best thing is to go with whole, unprocessed, organic foods but we all have our favorite processed oods, and somethimes even unprocessed foods can cause serious problems and contribute in creating a cancer friendly environment in your body.
Lower your risk of cancer and other diseases with avoiding these 6 foods
1. Canned Tomatoes
Most of the canned foods contain BPA, a synthetic, estrogenic chemical that even the FDA says is harmful and linked to cancer.
Tomatoes have high acidity levels which can cause the BPA to be transferred into the food and you need to be especially careful with them. The ones that suffer the most from the BPA are the children, with delayed development and early puberty on the list of risks.
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Microwave Popcorn
The popcorn bags that are very easy to make are lined with perfluorooctanoic acid, that is found in Teflon and linked to infertility.This acid can increase risk of bladder, kidney, liver, pancreas, and testicular cancer.
The popcorn itself is also full of chemicals and GMO products such as soybean oil.
3. Highly Processed White Flours
Refining grains can destroy their natural nutrients, some mills are very impatient so they speed up the whitening process by bleaching flour with chlorine.
Blood shugar and insulin level are quickly rased because of white processed flour causing diabetes. Recently it’s been foud that this could spread cancer cells quickly by feeding the cells directly.
4. Processed Meats
Processed meats like lunch meats, sausages, hot dogs, and bacon contain sodium nitrates that are very unhealthy.
They also contain a big amount of highly processed salt and
health damaging chemicals. Studies have shown that if you eat at least 160g of processed meats it increase the ichances of early death by 44%.
5. Hydrogenated Oils
This is essentially vegetable oil that has been chemically removed from the source.
Excessive amount of highly unstable Omega 6 fatty acids that are contained in these oils can turn into trans fats when heated, which can lead to heart disease and skin cancer.
Cookies and processed baked goods are one of the biggest sources of hydrogenated oils.
6. Farmed Salmon
If you choose to eat fish you must be careful when you buy salmon and other fish that are often farmed such as tilapia. Try to buy sustainable and wild caught if possible, so you can know for sure how the salmon is raised.
Most farmed salmon is
contaminated with antibiotics, chemicals, pesticides and a load of other known carcinogens. Studies have also shown high levels of mercury in U.S. farmed salmon
