Artificial sweeteners and refined sugars
A fact that is known is that apart from increasing your insulin levels through the roof, refined sugars provide a suitable environment for cancerous cells to grow and reproduce. This was firstly discovered in 1931 by a German Nobel laureate in medicine, the so-called Otto Warburg. He has highlighted the fact that they depend on certain sugars like high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) that fuels the growth and reproduction processes. It’s suggested that you look for safe alternatives like blackstrap molasses, maple syrup, stevia, honey and jiggery to help sweeten your food.
Smoked and pickled foods
Generally, these types of food usually contain in them a lot of preservatives and nitrates that help extend their shelf life. Over time these chemicals build up in your body and do a damage on a molecular level and develop into many diseases, one of them cancer. You should try to avoid these types of food, especially knowing that cooking smoked foods under high temperatures convert the simple nitrates into more dangerous ones.
Farmed fish
This basically means raising many types of fish (like salmon) on a commercial scale in a crowded place. Farming operation is responsible for more than 50% of the salmon ingested in the United States and moreover, these fish are treated with many different chemicals that cause cancer, antibiotics and pesticides in an effort to control outbreaks that can happen from having so many fish in a very crowded space. Additionally, fish that are raised in this conditions do not have as many Omega-3 acids in comparison to wild salmon.
Potato chips
This one is a very popular food on a global level, but many of us don’t know that these chips are cooked in hydrogenated vegetable oil, and then they are heavily salted. According to a study that was later published in the New England Journal of Medicine, having just an ounce of potato chips on a daily basis can lead to an average weight gain of 2 pounds per year. The trans-fats contained in potato chips are responsible for the high cholesterol levels in many people, and it shall not be forgotten about the high sodium content that can lead to hypertension. In addition to this, when these chips are cooked in high temperature, they produce a carcinogen that is also found in cigarettes called acrylamide. Thus, if you love potato chips, try to make them at home by using healthy oils.