• décembre 5

Foods and 9 cancer-causing chemicals

Do You Eat Food With Any Of These 9 Cancer-Causing Chemicals?

by Christine . Farlow, D.C.

Do you read the ingredients on the label of every item you put in your grocery cart? Or do you just read what’s jumps out at you on the package? If you’re not reading the ingredients in the tiny print, you’re probably eating additives that are dangerous to your health, chemicals that cause cancer. You see, the FDA allows manufacturers to add small amounts of cancer-causing substances to the food you eat. So, not only are many of our foods not healthy, they’re unsafe.

Here are some cancer-causing chemicals you’re going to want to watch out for and keep out of the food you eat:

Acesulfame-K, also known as Acesulfame-potassium or “Sunnette” is an artificial sweetener. It has not been adequately tested for human consumption. The FDA approved this additive even though the tests done to determine it’s safety did not meet the FDA standards and caused cancer in lab animals, which increases the probability that it will also cause cancer in humans.

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 or TBHQ 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. you can find it in kellogg’s cereals and bars and more. Stay alert !

(http://www2.kelloggs.ca/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?brand=215&product=16511&cat=)

Special K* 5 Grains cereal

Ingredients

Whole wheat, rolled oats, milled corn, rice, rolled barley, sugar, fancy molasses, vegetable oil, salt, barley malt syrup, honey, vitamins (thiamine hydrochloride, niacinamide, d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid), minerals (iron, zinc oxide), soy lecithin, BHT.

Special K* 5 Grains cereal
Special K* 5 Grains cereal is a multigrain cereal that is low in fat, a source of fibre and made with whole grains. It is blended of five delicious grains: whole grain wheat, milled corn, rolled oats, rice and barley.
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 .
Carrageenan is a seaweed derivative used in a wide variety of foods and cosmetics. In its native form, it has not been classified as a carcinogen, but in it’s degraded or broken down form it has been classified as a possible human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Joanne Tobacman, M.D., University of Iowa assistant professor of clinical internal medicine, and researcher on carrageenan, said « There seems to be enough evidence associating carrageenan with significant gastrointestinal lesions, including malignancies, to avoid ingesting it. » According to Dr. Tobacman, the native carrageenan, after being subjected to stomach acids may be broken down into the degraded form and be a cancer risk. And even if it wasn’t, carrageenan cannot be identified as native or degraded on food labels, so there is no way of knowing if you are ingesting carrageenan, the carcinogen or not.

Nitrates and nitrites are found primarily in processed meats. They combine with stomach acids and chemicals in foods to form nitrosamines, which are powerful carcinogens.

Olestra has not been shown to cause cancer. However, it robs the body of carotenoids, which are known to have a protective effect against cancer. Studies have shown a 40-50% drop in blood carotenoids after consuming only 3-8 grams of olestra in a day, equivalent to 6-16 chips. It also may causes severe gastrointestinal cramping and diarrhea, which may last for extended periods of time.

Propyl gallate is used as an antioxidant in fats, oils, candy and a variety of processed foods. It is a suspected carcinogen and is known to cause kidney, liver and gastrointestinal problems. It can cause allergic reactions in those with asthma and sensitivity to aspirin. It has not been adequately tested.

Saccharin, or Sweet ‘N Low, is an artificial sweetener that is known to cause cancer. Because of pressure from the food industry, in 2000, saccharin was removed from the list of cancer-causing chemicals, in spite of the fact that studies still show that it causes cancer in lab animals.

How to know what is good or not ? an easy way is to do not eat what our grand-mother don’t know and all processed food. Also all foods which contain ingredients that you don’t know you don’t eat.

What do you eat : Fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, eggs, chicken, biological pasta, potatoes, yam, bread (not gorcery bread but homemade bread with less than 5 ingredients)

This is big change for society but we have to do this. We are becoming bigger and sicker, don’t think that this is just a part of governement beacause hi doesn’t invest enough money in health. YOU are destroying yourself with all the things that you ingest in a larger quantity that your body need !

Lots of people say to me that they doesn’t like fruits, vegetables and meat and and and…and continue like this and you will got cancer, obesity and overweight MOREOVER YOU WILL KILL YOUR CHILDRES…IS THIS THE SOCIETY YOU WANT TO BUILT IN THE FUTUR ?. If we were 100 years before, we does’t have the choice to eat well, now, the food industry is bigger and want to makes more money by making us getting sicker and bigger…

In 2005, in the population between 55 and 65 years old…….close to 70% was or obese or overweight. This mean that when you go to the beach, close to everybody is HUGE AND UNHEALTHY…scary !

WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR RESPONSABILITY AS A SOCIETY AND AS CONSUMERS

Say François Beauregard, Pro Natural Fitness Athlete and president of FB Fitness.

François Beauregard will start a series of conference on healthy lifestyle  in 2011 in Quebec. Look on calendar section of his website or send him an email if you want more informations.

More informations on nutrition at http://blogue.francoisbeauregard.com/sujets/nutrition/

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Francois Beauregard

François Beauregard is one of the world famous and recognized Pro drug free athlete. As a certified personnal trainer and nutritional coach, his mission is to promote health and exercice benefit over the population and help fitness athlete to reach their optimal fitness level. For more information visit his website : www.francoisbeauregard.com