There are at least 10 particularly carcinogenic foods for which it is recommended to avoid or limit consumption. The foods indicted in terms of cancer risk are canned foods, red and preserved meats, cube, sugary drinks, sausages, salt, French fries, alcohol.
They can promote the onset of colon and mouth cancer, breast cancer, leukemia. In addition to these foods, we find foods containing hydrogenated fats on which we want to focus in this post because they are the worst enemies of our tables and our health. Find out what risks you run by consuming foods that contain hydrogenated fats.
Any food that contains hydrogenated fats is carcinogenic
Hydrogenated fats are not foods but an ingredient contained in various foods. In particular, they are present in industrial bakery products (biscuits, snacks, pies) and in the Margarine. Check the label of each product carefully before deciding to buy it.
With the process ofhydrogenation hydrogen atoms are inserted which transform polyunsaturated fatty acids into other types of fats (trans, cis). The typical example is margarine. Hydrogenated fats are convenient for the food industry for various reasons: the shelf life of food is lengthened, the price is lower than natural fats.
Too bad they are not beneficial to health, on the contrary, they represent a big risk: they can cause carcinogenic effects and also compromise the cardiovascular system. They contain nickel which causes allergies and leads to an increase in LDL cholesterol, the bad one, which it can cause cardiovascular pathologies and atherosclerosis.
The foods most at risk of cancer
The most widely spread cancer-prone foods they contain hydrogenated fats correspond to margarine. There Margarine it is considered a healthy alternative to butter but this is not because it contains hydrogenated fats, so it can cause more damage.
Other foods that contain a fair amount of hydrogenated fats are industrial ice creams, many industrial bakery products (taralli, crackers, snacks, bread sticks, etc.). We also report numerous foods that are found in fast food prepared with hydrogenated vegetable oils for frying. The is used in fast food foods glutamate which enhances the flavor of the food served by making them ‘junk food’.
Attention must also be paid to the chocolate we buy and check if it is surrogate chocolate which is not produced with cocoa butter but with vegetable butter and which, therefore, may contain hydrogenated vegetable fats.