Foods & additives that increase your chances of getting cancer
Hydrogenated fats This oil is chemically altered to give extended shelf life to foods such as margarine, cookies & snacks. It is also used at fast food restaurants for frying oil because it lasts longer and is much cheaper than other oil.
Better Choices: Coconut, olive or grapeseed oil.
Sugar Cancer needs sugar to feed & grow. Sugar undergoes a fermentation-like process in the body and cancer needs excess glucose to thrive. Worst offenders: High fructose corn syrup, white, brown & powdered sugar. Moderate offenders: Sugar in the raw, honey.
Best Choice: Agave nectar.
Fake sugar (splenda, sweet & low, equal) contain cancer causing agents.
Recommended substitute: Stevia
Protiens & High-Fat Diet Dairy: Double & triple cream cheeses, heavy cream, full fat yogurt. Nuts: Macadamia, pecans, cashews. Fish: Salmon, Sea Bass.
Better Choices: Organic Pork or beef tenderloin, reduced fat milk and yogurt (but not fat-free), almonds, tuna & halibut.
Carbohydrates Non-complex carbs (starchy foods) turn to sugar when ingested. Foods such as breads, crackers, potatoes, rice and pasta should be eaten in moderation- especially white varieties.
Best choice: Quinoa.
Processed Foods Avoid any foods that:
- contain 5 or more ingredients,
- have ingredients that you cannot pronounce or you have never heard of
- have an expiration date longer than 1 month.
Alcohol Drinking excessive alcohol can wreak havoc on the body, lower your immune system and lead to faster growing cancer.
Better Choice: Red wine in moderation (2-3 glasses per week).
Artificial colors, or FD&C colors, are mostly are derived from coal tar, which is a carcinogen. Over the years, many FD&C colors have been banned because of their harmful effects. And it is likely that more will be banned in the future. Some of the worst FD&C colors include: Green #3, Blue #1, Blue #2 and Yellow #6 which cause allergic reactions and cancer in lab animals. Red #3 is a carcinogen, which may interfere with nerve transmission in the brain and causes genetic damage. It is banned in cosmetics, but allowed in food, and it’s especially harmful to children. Yellow #5 causes allergic reactions in those sensitive to aspirin. It may be life threatening. Citrus red #2 is a known carcinogen. Its only allowed use is to color orange skins. So, If you use orange zest in some of your recipes, you may be ingesting carcinogens. Any color with “lake” after it means that aluminum has been added to the color to make it insoluble.
BHA & BHT are widely used as preservatives, stabilizers and antioxidants. BHA is known to cause cancer in humans. Both BHA and BHT are toxic to the liver and kidneys. BHT may react with other ingested substances to cause the formation of carcinogens. BHT is banned in England.
Potassium bromate is used to treat flour to give bread and baked goods a sponge-like quality. It is probably not used in California because it might require a cancer warning on the label. Outside of California, “unbromated” breads do not contain potassium bromate. It is also used in toothpaste, mouth washes and gargles. It is a carcinogen, mutagen and highly toxic. It is banned worldwide, except in the U.S. and Japan .
OTHER PROBABLE ADDITIVES: Nitrates and nitrites, Olestra, Propyl gallate, Carrageenen.