Top 10 Cancer Causing Foods

Cancer-promoting foods are typically rich in refined sugars, preservatives, processed carbohydrates and by-products of deep-frying. These cancer causing foods may also increase the risk of diabetes, obesity and heart disease.

List of Top 10 Foods That Can Cause Cancer:

Processed meats:

Most processed meat products, including hotdogs, lunch meat, bacon, hamburgers and sausage may contain chemical preservatives, which make them appear fresh and delightful. Chemical preservatives such as sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate are linked to an increased risk of colon cancer[Colon Cancer Age Range], bowel cancer and other forms of cancer.

Refined Sugars:

Generally, diet rich in refined sugar promotes abnormally high blood sugar levels. A high insulin level is consistent with insulin resistance. Insulin resistance may increase the risk of blood vessel deterioration, yeast overgrowth, heart disease, diabetes and increase the risk of certain cancers.

Food sources high in refined sugars such as sweetened beverages, white sugar, corn syrup, refined honey, sodas and many juices may increase cancer risk.

High-carbohydrate foods:

High-carbohydrate foods like French fries, potato chips and cereal based products such as pastries, sweet biscuits, rolls and toast that are fried at high temperatures may produce high level of “acrylamide”, which is a cancer causing substance.

The amount of acrylamide can vary significantly in the same foods depending on several factors, including cooking temperature and time.

Refined white flours:

Milled refined flours are very fine in texture and enter the blood stream as quickly as refined sugars, which tend to quickly increase blood insulin levels and feed the growth of cancer cells. White refined flour is unhealthy food and may increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

Products created with white flour such as cookies, cakes, crackers and pastries, which are oven at high temperature, can also be risky to consume.

Farmed salmon:

Farmed salmon is another high-risk cancer food. Farmed salmon not only lacks of vitamin D, but it is higher in contaminants including carcinogens, flame retardants, PCBs and pesticide, including DDT. Farm-raised salmon contains higher cancer-causing pollutants compared to salmon caught in the wild.

Dirty fruits:

Many people think that they are eating healthy when they buy grapes, apples and strawberries from the store. However, it is dangerous to eat more fruits and vegetables because of the increased consumption of pesticides.

Organophosphate pesticides are used on several crops, including apples, grapes, pears, berries. Pesticides may increase the risk of some cancers and also associated with behavior problems, ADHD and neurodevelopmental deficits in children.

Hydrogenated oils:

Hydrogenated oils are absolutely one of the worst ingredients being put into the modern food supply as it has a consistency like butter, and it’s a lot cheaper. Hydrogenated oil is formed by forcing hydrogen gas into oil at high pressure and temperature.

Hydrogenated oil contains toxin Trans fatty acids, which can lead to a host of debilitating diseases such as cancer. Hydrogen oils also promote heart disease, diabetes, interrupt metabolic processes and many other health problems.

Some of the foods that contain hydrogenated oils are cookies, frozen waffles, crackers, prepared frozen foods, salad dressings, cereal bars, pudding, granola bars, peanut butter and more prepared foods.

High-salt foods:

Most of the salt in your diet comes from processed foods such as breakfast cereals, bread, frozen meals, pizza, chips, cookies, processed meats and canned products like soups, sauces.

High-salt diet contributes to cancer risk indirectly by promoting metabolic syndrome and reducing the potassium/sodium ratio in your diet, both of which are associated with increased risk of various cancers such as breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, ovarian and prostate cancer.

Microwave popcorn:

Microwave popcorn contains chemicals that are proven cause of lung cancer. Microwave popcorn bags are generally lined with chemicals often decomposes to form perfluorooctanic acid, which is associated with increased risk of certain cancers like liver, testicular and pancreatic cancers. When the bag is microwaved, the heat melts the chemical which then enter into the popcorn.

Diet soda:

The main artificial sweetener found in diet soda is aspartame. People who drink two or more servings of soda per week have increased pancreatic cancer risk by approximately 87% compared to non-soda drinkers. The pancreas produces insulin to balance your body’s blood sugar levels.

The high levels of sugar in soft drinks may increase the level of insulin in the body that results in pancreatic cancer cell growth.

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