The well-known American Institute of Cancer recently made a statement on their website saying that you can actually prevent most cancers.
According to scientists 60 % to 70 % of cancers you can avoid with simple and small changes in your lifestyle and diet and with the currently available information.
By small changes in your diet, you will help improve your overall health and avoid the toxins that might be the reason to increase the risk of cancer.
10 Toxins to Avoid
1. Soda and Sports Drinks
You should know that there is little to almost no nutritional value when it comes to sports drinks and soda.
In fact, these drinks have brominated vegetable oil that is a flame retardant, high fructose corn syrup, dyes, sugar and also aspartame that can result with increased risk of cancer.
2. BPA Lined Cans
This ingredient is used to coat metal cans, and it can be found in resins and hard plastics. There are certain laboratory studies made on animals and cells that like the BPA to obesity, cancer, diabetes, and infertility.
Every can probably contains BPA i.e. bisphenol – A, unless there is a label that says BPA free.
Also, you can found BPA in many dental composites and plastic products.
3. Refined Sugars
It is known that cancer cells actually thrive on sugar. According to researchers, there is a link between many health-related issues and refined sugar.
Those issues are arthritis, unhealthy levels of blood fats, immune suppression, low levels of HDL, obesity, increased risk of heart disease and high blood triglyceride levels.
4. Smoked and Cured Foods
Nitrites and nitrates are used as preservatives that actually help the food not to spoil, and at the same time, they contribute for the meat to have its color.
However, when you cook the food these preservatives such as nitrates and nitrates actually convert into by-products.
These by-products are known as N-nitroso compounds, like nitrosamines and nitrosamines. The N-nitroso compounds are connected to increased risk of cancer.
There are few processed items that you must avoid, to be more accurate you need to avoid processed meet.
Processed meat to avoid is salami, bacon, beef jerky, sausages, prosciutto, hot dogs, and pepperoni.
5. Processed Foods
The cured meats have nitrates and nitrites those are preservatives that when found in large amounts might increase the risk of certain cancers like stomach cancer etc.
The processed foods usually are full of unhealthy ingredients, white flours, sugars, flavorings, oils, and colors.
6. Farmed Fish
The farm fish contains chemical pollutants levels that are higher than those in the wild fish along with PCB’S that is actually a carcinogen.
Because there is overcrowding in the fish farms, the fish become more susceptible to diseases. That leads to increasing of the need to use antibiotics.
Also,the fish are more susceptible to the sea lice, that means this is treated with the use of pesticides.
7. Non-Organic Vegetables and Fruits
The crops that are conventionally grown are actually grown with GMO seeds, pesticides, and herbicides.
The pesticides have been connected with increased risk of cancer.
8. Hydrogenated Oils
The hydrogenated oils i.e. trans-fats are actually a man-made product. They have a chemical structure that actually prevents the product to be rancid and helps in the increase of the shelf life.
According to the Harvard School of Public Health, the trans fats boost inflammation and the over activity of the immune system.
That is usually linked to chronic diseases, heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. Chemicals are also used in order to change the way the oil tastes and to mask the odor.
9. Grilled Meat
PAHs i.e. polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are made with specific types of combustion like the burning of wood or coal.
When the fat from the meat drips onto the fire, it creates smoke and flare that actually gives space, so the PAHs affix to the cooked food which in turn increases the risk of carcinogenic exposure.
10. Microwave Popcorn
The microwave popcorn is made in special bags. And the oil cannot soak through the package because the bags are connected with PFOS i.e. perfluorooctane sulfonate, PFOA i.e. perfluorooctanoic acid and Perfluoroalkyls.
When the bag is heated, these chemicals mentioned above actually leach in the popcorn. Furthermore,once you ingest them after that, they are going to show as contaminants of your blood.
In fact, the PFOA was connected with tumors found in organs of animals such as mammary glands in rats, liver, testicles, and pancreas.
Also, the PFOA leads to significant increase of prostate cancer with PFOA plant workers.
You can always go for the natural alternative when it comes to popcorn.
Watch the video below and make popcorn from scratch only by using coconut oil. And you won’t need to use the microwave.