Foods to avoid if you are dealing with Cancer

We are what we eat,” that is our state of health issugar.” It’s a very sad fact you wont be told this
related to the food we eat daily. The reason there isby the person you seek help from for your problem.
so much cancer today is because our food hasFood additives, while these are not all bad there are 2
changed over the last 40 to 50 years, yet prior to thatthat need to be avoided and they are sodium nitrate
it hadn’t changed for 10,000 years.and sodium nitrite. They are in bacon, hot dogs, ham,
All cancers have many causes but it’s the foodsalami and other processed meats, used to help
we eat which is the main cause. Today the majority ofpreserve the color of the meat so it looks pink, rather
food in western countries is in supermarkets and mostthan grey. The chemicals also inhibit botulism so this
of that food has been processed or interfered with bygives it a longer shelf life. Nitrates and nitrites are
man. Processed food exists because of one reasonsuspected carcinogens.
and that reason is profit. Also nearly all of that foodCooking food by smoke is cancer causing as smoke
contains fat, salt or refined sugar, added to help it sellirritates our digestive system and can cause cancer of
and those 3 items are all known contributors to cancer.the stomach and colon. Also pickle foods have been
Manufactures make many unsubstantiated healthsuspected to cause cancer probably because of the
claims about their products so one should be wary ofhigh amount of salt used in the process. Research has
any of these claims.linked pickle food to a higher risk of stomach cancer.
Western populations are big consumers of red meatAcryl amides are formed when starchy food such as
and while a little meat will never cause us any healthchips and crisps are heated to high temperature by
problems, eating too much will. It’s the mainfrying, roasting or grilling to turn them golden brown.
contributor to cancer of the colon. All alternativeThey are also suspected of causing cancer. Meat
cancer treatment diets are vegetarian based with onlywhen cooked in a hot frying pan or on a barbecue
one small exception and that is the Budwig diet whichproduces heterocyclic amines and this has been found
uses a small amount of organic cottage cheese. Theto be carcinogenic.
problem with meat is it has no fibre and therefore hasIt is well known that alcohol can increase your risk of a
a much longer transit time through the intestines.number of cancers, including breast and prostate
Refined sugar as mentioned above needs to be totallycancer. Even a moderate alcohol intake increases
eliminated because of one very important reason. Ityour risk as a recent U.K. study has shown.
feeds cancer cells! It’s the natural food of cancerLastly, if you are dealing with cancer you need to be
cells and that was discovered over 70 years ago.careful with your consumption of dairy products. Most
 “Dr Otto Warburg,” a German biochemist, whoof them contain saturated fat and cheese has a high
stated; “there is only one prime cause for allpercentage of salt. Remember they are all made from
cancers and that is the replacement of the respirationcow’s milk that was never intended for human
of oxygen in normal cells by the fermentation ofbeings.