Five Worst Cancer-Causing Foods
There are some foods that people who are at high risk for developing cancer should definitely avoid. Generally, says natural health researcher Mike Adams, they should avoid foods that contain ingredients known to cause cancer, such as refined sugars and grains, hydrogenated oils, and nitrates. But which foods are the absolute worst?
According to Adams, the top five cancer-causing foods are:
1. Hot dogs Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you cant live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate.
2. Processed meats and bacon Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer.
3. Doughnuts Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, says Adams, may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.
4. French fries Like doughnuts, French fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high temperatures. They also contain cancer-causing acrylamides which occur during the frying process. They should be called cancer fries, not French fries, said Adams.
5. Chips, crackers, and cookies All are usually made with white flour and sugar. Even the ones whose labels claim to be free of trans-fats generally contain small amounts of trans-fats.
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4. Women Binge Drinkers Double Cancer Risk
Women who binge drink dramatically raise their chances of getting breast cancer, according to a new Danish study that demonstrates a definite connection between breast cancer and bingeing. Danish doctors found that taking 16 to 21 drinks over the course of a weekend, which is the equivalent of two bottles of wine, more than doubled the risk, raising it by a whopping 150 percent!
The researchers tracked the health and lifestyles of 17,647 nurses, beginning in 1993. By 2001, 475 of them had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Those who took four or five drinks on a weekday raised their cancer risk by 55 percent, as compared to taking just one drink. Women who drank large amounts over the cour
According to Adams, the top five cancer-causing foods are:
1. Hot dogs Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you cant live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate.
2. Processed meats and bacon Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer.
3. Doughnuts Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, says Adams, may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.
4. French fries Like doughnuts, French fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high temperatures. They also contain cancer-causing acrylamides which occur during the frying process. They should be called cancer fries, not French fries, said Adams.
5. Chips, crackers, and cookies All are usually made with white flour and sugar. Even the ones whose labels claim to be free of trans-fats generally contain small amounts of trans-fats.
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4. Women Binge Drinkers Double Cancer Risk
Women who binge drink dramatically raise their chances of getting breast cancer, according to a new Danish study that demonstrates a definite connection between breast cancer and bingeing. Danish doctors found that taking 16 to 21 drinks over the course of a weekend, which is the equivalent of two bottles of wine, more than doubled the risk, raising it by a whopping 150 percent!
The researchers tracked the health and lifestyles of 17,647 nurses, beginning in 1993. By 2001, 475 of them had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Those who took four or five drinks on a weekday raised their cancer risk by 55 percent, as compared to taking just one drink. Women who drank large amounts over the cour
Hot Flushes in Women Linked to High Blood Pressure
Women who get hot flushes have higher blood pressure than those who do not, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medical College.
High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease the latter being responsible for half of all deaths among American women 50 and older.
"One-third of the women we studied reported having had hot flushes within the past two weeks. Among these women, systolic blood pressure was significantly higher even after adjusting for whether they were pre-menopausal, menopausal or post-menopausal," says Dr. Linda Gerber, the study's senior author, professor of public health and medicine and director of the biostatistics and research methodology core at Weill Cornell Medical College. "Future research will help us better understand the mechanisms underlying this relationship and may help to identify potential interventions that would reduce the impact of hot flushes on blood pressure."
While previous research has linked menopause to high blood pressure, the new Weill Cornell study, published in the March/April issue of Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society, may be the first to link hot flushes to high blood pressure.
Portable monitors recorded the blood pressure of 154 New York City women, ages 18 to 65 (mean age of 46), with no previous cardiovascular disease and either mild hypertension or normal blood pressure. Fifty-one women reported experiencing hot flushes. These women were found to have an age-adjusted mean systolic awake blood pressure of 141 and a mean systolic sleep blood pressure of 129 compared to 132 and 119, respectively, for women not reporting hot flushes (P=0.004 and 0.007). The group differences for systolic blood pressure remained statistically significant after controlling for conventional hypertension risk factors, race/ethnicity, age and body mass index (BMI).
Hot flushes are typically experienced as a feeling of intense heat with sweating and rapid heartbeat, and usually last from two to 30 minutes on each occasion. The event may be repeated a few times each week or up to a dozen times a day. Hot flushes are thought to be caused by centrally increased activation of the sympathetic nervous system.
High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease the latter being responsible for half of all deaths among American women 50 and older.
"One-third of the women we studied reported having had hot flushes within the past two weeks. Among these women, systolic blood pressure was significantly higher even after adjusting for whether they were pre-menopausal, menopausal or post-menopausal," says Dr. Linda Gerber, the study's senior author, professor of public health and medicine and director of the biostatistics and research methodology core at Weill Cornell Medical College. "Future research will help us better understand the mechanisms underlying this relationship and may help to identify potential interventions that would reduce the impact of hot flushes on blood pressure."
While previous research has linked menopause to high blood pressure, the new Weill Cornell study, published in the March/April issue of Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society, may be the first to link hot flushes to high blood pressure.
Portable monitors recorded the blood pressure of 154 New York City women, ages 18 to 65 (mean age of 46), with no previous cardiovascular disease and either mild hypertension or normal blood pressure. Fifty-one women reported experiencing hot flushes. These women were found to have an age-adjusted mean systolic awake blood pressure of 141 and a mean systolic sleep blood pressure of 129 compared to 132 and 119, respectively, for women not reporting hot flushes (P=0.004 and 0.007). The group differences for systolic blood pressure remained statistically significant after controlling for conventional hypertension risk factors, race/ethnicity, age and body mass index (BMI).
Hot flushes are typically experienced as a feeling of intense heat with sweating and rapid heartbeat, and usually last from two to 30 minutes on each occasion. The event may be repeated a few times each week or up to a dozen times a day. Hot flushes are thought to be caused by centrally increased activation of the sympathetic nervous system.
