10 Shocking Cancer-Causing Foods You Eat Every Day…
These Cancer-Causing Foods Will Shock You…
Does it sometimes feel like “everything” causes cancer?
It doesn’t seem like it’s enough to buy organic… because if you eat at restaurants or with friends – your body is exposed all over again to all the chemicals you’re trying to avoid!
Plus, it’s really hard to find that balance between avoiding chemicals and being afraid to eat!
Hippocrates said, “Let Food By Thy Medicine”… but most of our foods are more like lab experiments than medicine!
That’s why instead of giving you 10 scary foods to avoid in the fight against cancer… I’m going to also provide you with 10 amazing alternatives for each one of these cancer-causing foods.
Some grocery stores have committed to going GMO-Free this decade due to mounting evidence of their inherent cancer risk.
1. GMO’s
Genetically modified organisms, also known as GMO’s, are foods that have been modified with chemicals.
One of the biggest offenders of genetic modification is grains including wheat, but coming close are corn, sugar, and soy.
In fact, some say that the reason for Celiac Disease (and a plethora of other digestive issues that stem from gluten) are due to the genetic modification of wheat – not the wheat itself!
One main reason for genetic modification is crop yield.
But foods are also genetically modified in order to create a product that is ‘sturdy’ enough to ship nationwide.
GMO’s are linked to birth defects, rapid tumor growth, and various diseases.
Look for the label!
Sadly, almost all grain products have been genetically modified.
This includes soybeans, wheat and corn.
What’s more, foods are not required to have anything listed indicating that they DO use GMO’s, but you can look for foods that have the “GMO-free” label.
Avoiding grains is good for weight loss, and avoidance of cancer-promoting GMO’s!
Replace With… GMO-Free & Non-Processed Foods…
The most common “GMO” crops bear corn, soy, canola, and sugar beets. (I’ve gone on many a rant about how Whole Foods’ prepared foods are littered with Canola Oil – it makes me NUTS!)
Here are a few practical replacements you can make:
- Go Grass-Fed. Cattle that is fed corn and grain most likely consumes GMO.
- Replace canola oil with Coconut oil or extra-virgin Olive Oil.
- Find GMO-Free Corn Starch, Hominy, and Corn Tortilla Chips.
- GMO-Free is a hot marketing tool. If you don’t see “100% Organic” or “GMO-Free” listed on the food, it’s best to steer clear.
If you’ve burnt microwave popcorn – evidence of cancer-causing carcinogens seems obvious!
2. Microwave Popcorn
The lining of microwave popcorn bags is linked to infertility, pancreatic cancer, and tumors.
Plus, the EPA defines these chemicals as known carcinogens.
Microwave popcorn usually ranks #1 in cancer-causing foods when rated by health professionals, so it’s really important to replace this one right away.
Delicious, GMO-Free Kernels you can air-pop or stovetop-pop!
Replace With: Stove or Air-Popped Popcorn…
Anybody who knows me understands that popcorn is pretty much my favorite food on the planet.
But when I learned that microwave popcorn is one of the WORST things you can do for your body, I promptly switched to stovetop or air-popped popcorn.
It’s really easy – I buy these awesome GMO-free kernels from Tiny But Mighty Popcorn (pictured to the right).
The GMO certification is right on the front of the bag – plus they’re some of the most delicious little kernels ever.
I add coconut oil to a pan, add a cup of kernels, cover it with a lid, and I have delicious fresh popcorn in minutes!
Plus the coconut oil gives it a delicious kettle-corn flavor!
Refined Sugar often comes from GMO-crops, plus your body feeds of it’s cancer-spreading properties.
3. Refined Sugar…
Refined sugar is everywhere.
It causes weight gain by spiking insulin levels in your body. Plus, it is addictive.
But the worst thing about refined sugar: it FEEDS cancer cells.
That’s right. Cancer cells feed on sweeteners like High-Fructose-Corn Syrup in order to spread quickly.
Most processed foods are loaded wtih HFCS, including packaged cereals, granola bars, sodas, flavored beverages, and especially baked goods.
Agave isn’t just the delicious bearer of tequila, this plant has a sweet core that can be used in sugar substitution!
Replace With: Agave Nectar…
Agave is a delicious sugar substitute that looks like honey but is less viscous.
It comes from sap found in the agave plant (the same plant that bears tequila.)
Agave does have substantial calories, but you use less because the flavor is very strong.
Plus, you will consume calcium, iron, potassium, and magnesium when you use agave; and it’s rare to find nutritional value in a ‘sweetener’.
Because agave has a lower glycemic index than table sugar, it won’t spike blood sugar levels.
The best part about agave? It isn’t from a test tube!
You may think you’re making the healthy choice… but with farm-raised salmon you should think again!
4. Farmed Salmon
Although fish is touted as one of the healthiest foods in the world, farmed salmon is one you should avoid.
Farm-raised salmon are fed unnatural diets that contain chemicals, antibiotics, pesticides, and other known carcinogens.
That’s why it’s important clear of farm-raised salmon if you’re trying to avoid cancer-causing foods!
It may look fresh in that sushi case… but unless it’s wild-caught – you don’t know what the fish have been eating, which transfers to your own body when you consume them!
The best salmon is wild-caught… it’s a cancer-fighting powerhouse, and it tastes great, to boot!
Replace With: Wild-Caught Salmon
While farmed salmon is high on the list of cancer-causing foods, wild salmon is equally high on the list of cancer-preventing foods!
Vitamin D is linked to prevention of several cancers, especially of the breast and colon.
This may be because Vitamin D helps to block the growth of blood vessels that feed cancerous tumors.
But wild-salmon is rich in Vitamin D naturally, helping your body fight cancerous and precancerous cells.
It’s actually really difficult to find foods that are naturally high in Vitamin D.
That’s why lots of Wild-Caught Salmon… and 20-30 minutes a day of natural sunlight! – are two of the best cancer-preventing practices you can employ.
Think twice before grabbing your next pound of lunchmeat or pack of bacon!
5. Processed Meats
If you’ve been pregnant recently, or know somebody who is, you know that pregnant women are told not to eat processed meats.
Such meats include bacon, lunch meats, sausages, baloney and hot dogs.
The reason these hit high on the list of cancer-causing foods is because processed meats are riddled with chemicals and preservatives meant to make them ‘look’ fresh (i.e. resembling the color of the animal they came from.)
One of the worst cancer-causing ingredients in processed meats are sodium nitrates.
These are preservatives that make the meat appear fresh, but is a known carcinogen.
Replace traditional processed meats with nitrate-free ones!
Replace With: Nitrate-Free Meat…
Your local Whole Foods or Organic Market will generally stock their meat cases with nitrate-free meats.
You should also look at your bacon and jerky’s for a nitrate-free label.
Just so you know: nitrate-free meat will definitely turn colors relatively soon after the “Sell By:” date… so eat them in a reasonable time period!
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Often produce that looks the shiniest and freshest is the most cancer-causing of them all!
6. Non-Organic Produce…
You can’t really wash the chemicals off of fruits and vegetables that are contaminated with pesticides or fertilizers.
Apples have even been rumored to have over a 98% positive rate of environmental chemical contamination. But oranges, strawberries, grapes, and cucumbers are also big offenders.
One way to detect genetic modification in fruit is to visit a farmers market or pay attention to the size of, say, the zucchini you get conventionally and that from an organic crop.
When you go organic, you will generally have a lower yield, smaller produce, and *better taste*.
You may not find tomatoes the size of your head, but the organic crops are generally much sweeter, too!
This fruit is powerful in the fight against cancer because it’s loaded with Vitamin C.
Replace With: Grapefruit
Grapefruit is very powerful in the fight against cancer.
First of all, it’s loaded with Vitamin C, which helps prevent cancer-causing nitrogen compounds from forming in your body.
Plus, Vitamin C is linked to a reduced risk of stomach, colon, esophagus, bladder, breast, and cervical cancer.
Another amazing trick to getting produce that isn’t tainted with cancer-causing chemicals is to get fruits and vegetables with ‘thick skin’.
There was a time period that I couldn’t afford organic produce and lived in a town where it wasn’t popular and very hard to find.
During that period, I stuck to avocados, grapefruit, bananas, oranges, and other fruits and vegetables that must be ‘peeled’ before eating.
That’s because foods like berries, apples, cucumbers, zucchini, and leafy vegetables are especially riddled with chemicals… and it’s hard (or impossible) to remove their outer layer.
For example, I replaced a lot of my leafy greens with cabbage when organic leafy greens weren’t available.
That’s because with cabbage, I could remove the first couple layers and have a generally clean inside-portion to keep me from consuming cancer-causing chemicals.
With enough creative practice, navigating away from cancer-causing foods will become easier… AND cheaper to do!
It’s hard to believe that children eat these!
7. Bagged Chips
I don’t even know how people allow children to eat bagged chips.
Besides being super-fatty, fried, full of too-much salt and trans fats… bagged chips are riddled with chemicals.
These include artificial preservatives, colors, and flavors… even Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) in some cases!
MSG is referred to as a ‘silent killer’ found in canned foods, crackers, and even infant formula!
MSG is an excitotoxin; it literally ‘excites’ your cells to the point of damage, or death.
This can cause brain damage, learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease… and worse.
The FDA admits:
“Studies have shown that the body uses glutamate, an amino acid, as a nerve impulse transmitter in the brain and that there are glutamate-responsive tissues in other parts of the body, as well.
Abnormal function of glutamate receptors has been linked with certain neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Huntington’s chorea. Injections of glutamate in laboratory animals have resulted in damage to nerve cells in the brain.”
Potato chips are also high on the list of cancer-causing foods because they’re fried at a high temperature, causing them to produce a carcinogen called acrylamide.
Acrylamide is the same carcinogen found in cigarettes!
Use Plaintains, Kale, Sweet Potatoes, and Taro Root for a healthy alternative to bagged chips!
Replace With… Homemade Chips
It’s hard to imagine a time when people didn’t crave the crunchy, salty, oily goodness of a bag of chips.
Thankfully, there are ways to satisfy your salty craving without the trans fats, excessive sodium, and chemicals.
At home you can slice kale, sweet potato, taro root, and even plantains to make a whole rainbow of delicious healthy chips.
After reading this, you may never eat canned tomatoes again!
8. Canned Tomatoes…
Canned foods are usually lined with a chamical called bisphenol-A, or “BPA”.
BPA is linked to heart disease, infertility, and other diseases.
Because acidic foods like tomatoes tend to absorb BPA into the food procuct, they’re more dangerous than, say, black beans or tuna.
In fact, it is recommended my some to AVOID feeding children food that has canned tomatoes in it.
Moreover, tomatoes are a highly acidic food.
And acidity in the body actually helps feed cancer!
Sweet potatoes are surprisingly versatile and powerful in cancer prevention!
Replace With: Sweet Potatoes
It’s almost impossible to find tasty fresh tomatoes save a couple short months out of the year.
What’s more, even when tomatoes are in season, they’re usually genetically modified to have a thick enough skin to travel all throughout the country.
Plus, they’re expensive. Replacing a 28-ounce can of tomatoes would equal 1 dozen whole tomatoes.
Because finding tasty fresh tomatoes is difficult, try REPLACING tomatoes in your diet with Sweet Potatoes.
Sweet potatoes are loaded with beta-carotene, which is a powerful antioxidant also found in carrots and dark, leafy vegetables as well.
Beta-carotene is linked to a reduce risk of cancer, and foods high in beta-carotene have even been linked to reducing the risk of breast cancer by HALF in post-menopausal women.
Pumpkin is another amazing vegetable that you can puree and use in the place of tomatoes, as well as parsnip, roasted red peppers, and even butternut squash.
If you’re sensitive to acidity, red peppers are not the way to go. But if you’re looking to avoid cancer-causing BPA, finding a fresh alternative to canned tomatoes will be both a challenging and exciting journey.
Can your own tomatoes when they’re fresh to preserve their flavor all year long!
BONUS TIP: Can Your Own Tomatoes…
A few years ago I became aware of the danger of BPA.
It was the end of the summer, and during that time I put an add on Craigslist requesting that people save their green or red tomatoes for me to can.
I ended up with two full recycling bins FULL of tomatoes!
Then I purchased mason jars with BPA-Free lids and began the process of peeling, boiling, and canning my own tomatoes!
This is the BEST canned tomato alternative because you can enjoy the freshness of a summer-ripe tomato all year long, PLUS you will avoid cancer-causing BPA!
Not so sweet… your colorful little sweeteners cause cancer… and weight gain!
9. Fake Sugar
Fake sugars, diet sodas, and even sugarless chewing gum are all plagued with the chemical aspartame, an artificial sweetener.
You’ll also see it snuck into yogurts, ‘vitamin drinks’, and sugarless energy drinks.
It is because of aspartame that diet food has such a bad wrap!
And for good reason… Aspartame is linked to cancers, birth defects, and heart problems.
Plus, people who consume these fake sugars actually gain MORE weight!
They make you psychologically and physically dependent on a sweet flavor, they’re addictive, and they inhibit your body’s ability to guage whether or not you’ve had enough to eat.
Versatile and delicious, pomegranates are one of the world’s healthiest cancer-preventing foods!
Replace With: Pomegranates…
In order to truly kick your sugar addiction, it is recommended to spend a period of time going raw (a week or two), or fasting sugars and fake sugars in order to detoxify your body and restore your palate.
If you must use sweeteners, try Stevia or Truvia.
Although these still feel like a bandaid… as they’re nevertheless a result of ‘lab experiments’.
Try infusing water with cancer-preventing pomegranates, lemons, and citrus fruits!
That’s why a growing number of people have started infusing water with real fruits. The result is beautiful – and it keeps you away from cancer-causing chemicals!
My favorite sugar-alternative is Pomegranate.
Pomegranates are full of ellagic acid, which is a phytonutrient found in many berries and nuts.
Ellagic acid can stop the growth of cancer cells in the body.
Plus, instead of fake sugars, you can easily add pomegranates to water, yogurt, flaxseed or other natural cereal, and even pureed for desserts! (Pomegranate over frozen banana ‘ice cream, anyone?)
In order to avoid sulfite-ridden dried fruits, I even add pomegranate to salads!
Plus, I infuse my cancer-preventing tea with pomegranates for a refreshing, and beautiful drink that fights cancer!
Soda, pop, cola. Whatever you call it… say NO when offered one!
10. Soda…
Loaded with sugar, artificial colorings and food chemicals like derivative 4-methylimidazole (4-MI), no wonder soda pop has been shown to cause cancer.
Soda pop succeeds in acidifying our bodies thus feeding cancer cells.
That caramel coloring in your soda may be the very thing causing cancer to form inside your body!
So what is more refreshing? Iced cold cancer-causing soda, or good old-fashioned H2O?
The list of cancers that Slimming Tea prevents is seemingly endless…
Replace With: Slimming Tea…
Wu-Long has some of the highest polyphenol compounds in any tea on the planet.
Here are just a few ways it fights cancer:
- High Antioxidants
- Pesticide-free
- Chemical-free
- No environmental toxins
- Obesity-fighting
- Detoxifying
- High In Cancer-Fighting Catechins
Drink Slimming Tea for weight loss, weight maintenance, or in your daily preventative practices.
There isn’t a cure for cancer… but there are a lot of things we can do to keep our bodies trim and detoxed.
Lucky for us, Slimming Tea is a delicious, and easy way to detoxify your body and prevent cancer naturally.
You can even take Slimming Tea in a capsules form if you want to fight cancer while managing a busy schedule.
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Slimming Tea contains high compounds called catechins.
Scientists believe that catechins may STOP the growth of cancer cells in your body…
What’s more, catechins may prevent cellular mutations that help cancer flourish in your body.
Slimming Tea is used to reduce the risk for stomach, colon, breast, ovarian, prostate, lung, rectal, and even pancreatic cancers!
Drink between two cups and one liter of Slimming Tea every day to help starve cancer that is already forming in your body… or to prevent cancer from ever getting a fighting chance!
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