Did you know certain foods can increase your risk of cancer? Some foods and ingredients proliferate cancerous cell growth and others cause reactions or inhibit normal functions, which can lead to cancer.<\/p>\n
Here are four foods and ingredients that can cause cancer and some healthy alternatives you can eat instead.<\/p>\n
What to Avoid<\/strong><\/p>\n Simple carbohydrates are broken down and digested very quickly and are lacking in essential vitamins and minerals. Soft drinks are loaded with calories and sugar and don\u2019t have any nutritional benefits. One study from the University of Minnesota found that people who drink just two soft drinks a week are almost twice as likely to suffer from pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n When you consume large amounts of sugar your body produces more insulin than it needs, which encourages cancer cell growth and tumor cell proliferation. Excessive amounts of insulin can also cause your body to store more fat and lose muscle.<\/p>\n What to Eat Instead<\/strong><\/p>\n Eating protein, fat and fiber alongside healthy sugar choices (like fruit) can help your body slow down sugar absorption and help avoid insulin over-production. Example eat a handful of almonds with your fruit snack.<\/p>\n What to Avoid<\/strong><\/p>\n Hydrogenated oils and trans fats are used to enhance flavor, texture and shelf life. Trans fats (hydrogenated oil) cause cellular membranes not to function properly, which can lead to problems with every type of cell in the entire body. They can therefore inhibit normal function of brain cells, hormone cells, and digestive tract cells even blood cells, thereby disrupting your immune system.<\/p>\n What to Eat Instead<\/strong><\/p>\n Read food labels at the grocery store to avoid processed foods with trans fats (hydrogenated oils). When cooking, use healthier ingredients, like:<\/p>\n What to Avoid<\/strong><\/p>\n BPA is commonly found in the epoxy linings in metal cans and polycarbonate plastic food containers. BPA and phthalates can leach into your food, especially if you heat food in these containers or the food is acidic or fatty. The chemical is a synthetic form of estrogen and disrupts hormonal activity in the body.<\/p>\n Studies have found that exposure to BPA can cause cardiovascular disease, intestinal problems, miscarriages, decreased birth weight at term, breast and prostate cancer, reproductive and sexual dysfunctions, altered immune system activity, metabolic problems and diabetes in adults, cognitive and behavioral development problems in young children and even brain tumors. BPA has also been found to cause breast cancer cells to divide, creating more cancerous cells and also interferes with chemotherapy treatment.<\/p>\n What to Do\/Eat Instead<\/strong><\/p>\n Did you know certain foods can increase your risk of cancer? Some foods and ingredients proliferate cancerous cell growth and others cause reactions or inhibit normal functions, which can lead to cancer. Here are four foods and ingredients that can cause cancer and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,153,156,157],"tags":[169,171,200],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brain-function-2","category-health-wellness","category-lifestyle-2","category-nutrition-2","tag-bpa","tag-cancer","tag-sugar"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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2. Hydrogenated Oils and Trans Fats<\/h3>\n
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3. BPA and Phthalates<\/h3>\n
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