Five Worst Cancer Causing Foods
There are some foods that people who are at high risk for developing cancer should definitely avoid. Generally, says natural health researcher Mike Adams, they should avoid foods that contain ingredients known to cause cancer, such as refined sugars and grains , hydrogenated oils, and nitrates. But which foods are the absolute worst?
- Hot dogs
Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can’t live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate.
- Processed meats and bacon
Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer.
- Doughnuts
Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, says Adams , may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.
- French fries
Like doughnuts, French fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high temperatures. They also contain cancer- causing acrylamides which occur during the frying process. They should be called cancer fries, not French fries, said Adams.
- Chips, crackers, and cookies
All are usually made with white flour and sugar. Even the ones whose labels claim to be free of trans-fats generally contain small amounts of trans-fats.
March 1st, 2008 at 9:22 am
When will people following a western diet filled with cancer causing foods adjust their eating-style habits?
March 1st, 2008 at 9:42 am
Geez, I should of read this before I went shopping. Oh well, I better eat those cookies before anyone else does.
:)
March 1st, 2008 at 11:39 am
I’d better up my intake of Vitamin E and beta-carotene supplements…
Washington Post article:
http://tinyurl.com/2ysvw9
March 2nd, 2008 at 5:07 am
I neither agree nor disagree with you. However, I think it’s irresponsible for you to present these things without any quoting or attributing any sources. As stated, it’s only your opinion.
March 2nd, 2008 at 5:40 am
Five Worst Cancer Causing Foods…
[…]People should avoid foods that contain ingredients known to cause cancer, such as refined sugars and grains , hydrogenated oils, and nitrates. But which foods are the absolute worst? Read here…[…]…
March 2nd, 2008 at 5:45 am
And what exactly are the credentials of “natural health researcher” Mike Adams?
April 11th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
While you’re at it, why don’t you include milk and beef in the list of cancer-causing foods?
April 11th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
The Cancer Prevention Coalition also “advises” that rBGH milk makes cows sick. “These include mastitis, resulting in pus cells in milk, and antibiotics used to treat the mastitis. rBGH milk is also chemically, and nutritionally different than natural milk, and is supercharged with excess levels of a natural growth factor (IGF-1), which is readily absorbed through the intestines into the blood. Of major concern is a wealth of longstanding scientific evidence incriminating these excess levels as delayed causes of breast, colon, and prostate cancers. Much of the nation’s (U.S.) milk supply comes from cows injected with a genetically engineered variant of their natural growth hormone, technically known as rBGH (recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone). In Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, rbST is not approved for use. The European Union declared the use of rbST as safe in 1990, but in 1993, a moratorium was placed on its sale by all 27 member nations. Canada’s health board, Health Canada, refused to approve rBGH for use on Canadian dairies, citing concerns over animal health.
April 11th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
The Cancer Prevention Coalition’s Chairman, Dr. Samuel Epstein has this to say about U.S. beef:
- U.S. beef is heavily contaminated with sex hormones. When U.S. beef cattle enter feedlots, sex hormone pellets are implanted under the ear skin, a process that is repeated at the midpoint of their 100-day pre-slaughter fattening period. These hormones increase the weight of the cattle, adding to profits by about $80 per animal. However, confidential industry reports to the FDA, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, have revealed high residues of the hormones in meat products. Increased levels of sex hormones are linked ever more closely to the escalating increase of reproductive cancers in the U.S., 36 percent for post-menopausal breast cancer, 51 percent for testicular cancer, and 88 percent for prostate cancer, since 1975. These concerns have been strongly reinforced by recent evidence, from researchers at Ohio State University, that meat and blood from cattle implanted with zeranol have powerful hormonal effects, which resist cooking. Since 1989, all 25 European nations have banned the sale of beef from hormone-treated cattle.
April 11th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Not all hot dogs on the market contain nitrites. Because of modern refrigeration methods, nitrites are now used more for the red color they produce (which is associated with freshness) than for preservation. Nitrite-free hot dogs, while they taste the same as nitrite hot dogs, have a brownish color that has limited their popularity among consumers. When cooked, nitrite-free hot dogs are perfectly safe and healthy.
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