9 foods you eat everyday that can cause cancer

We are what we eat is a common saying today. It should occur to us that certain food that we eat can actually put us in harms way. Certain food we consume everyday can increase our risk of having cancer. I know it may be really difficult to ignore some of these seemly good stuffs, but if you want to be cancer free you had better try. Most of us are ignorant of the pros and cons of the food we constantly consume, and it may give us a clue as to why about 1.5 million people are diagnosed with cancer every year. Now let us look at nine of the
food that can make us prune to cancer due to the varying degrees of carcinogenic substances they contained.

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Refined sugar

We are probably aware that this can increase the risk of diabetes, it can also cause cancer too, because cancer cells do well in a fructose-rich syrups environment.

processed wheat flour

Studies have shown that wheat flour contains a harmful component called glycemic. This is a known carcinogen, and that is not what you would like to find in your body if you want to be cancer free.

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Salted, smoked and pickled food

We all like some of this at times, and the aroma could take our breath away for a moment.. Lol. But on a serious note, smoked foods can absorb tar from smoke, and this can cause lots of health problems. while salted foods basically, are promoters of obesity. Excess salt can also cause heart complications.

Vegetable or hydrogenated oil

Vegetable oils are being produced through chemical procedures and some of those chemicals used can pose serious danger to our health. It also contain large quantities of omega-3 fatty acids, and too much of that in our body can cause health challenges ragging from heart disorders to cancer.

Potatoes chips

Don't we just like the crispy sound it makes in our mouth? Maybe you don't, lol. Potatoes chips may contain numerous preservatives, colour and artificial flavour that can put us at risk of cancer. Well to put it in a plain language, potatoes chips can make you fat as well *wink*

Processed food

Just like potatoes chips, processed is known to contain various preservatives and chemicals which can make our body to react a negative way. Don't they just look inviting? Well not so fast because you may want to know that research conducted by a leading Cancer research  Institute shows that the risk of early death was 44% high in people who daily consumes processed food.

Artificial sweeteners

Artificial sweeteners may not contain sugar and probably why some people substitute it for sugar. the truth is, artificial sweeteners are still carcinogenic. Too much of it can also be the cause of obesity and weight gain. Artificial sweeteners contain aspartame, which is a known perilous carcinogen.

Diet food

People who are checking their weight usually likes substituting cook for diet coke. Well this may sound reasonable, but the thing is, diet food contains a high quantity of artificial sweeteners and that can put us at risk of cancer.

Canned food

Most of us usually crave for a quick fix especially when we are too lazy to cook. Too some, this is just a lifestyle.  Canned food could arouse a harmful reaction in our body, but this is directly dependent on the lining of the can. Like in tomatoes for instance, the can is usually lined with bisphenol and the high acidic content in the tomatoes could cause them to react with the bisphenol on the can linings, forming a deadly combo that can stimulate cancer.

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