Top 10 most unhealthy, cancer-causing foods that we should never eat these again

ByJonathan Benson

The statement “everything causes cancer” has become a popular hyperbole, and one that some people use as rhetorical fodder to excuse their own dietary and lifestyle failures, particularly as they pertain to cancer risk. But the truth of the matter is that many common food items have, indeed, been scientifically shown to increase cancer risk, and some of them substantially. Here are 10 of the most unhealthy, cancer-causing foods that you should never eat again:

1) Genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). It goes without saying that GMOs have no legitimate place in any cancer-free diet, especially now that both GMOs and the chemicals used to grow them have been shown to cause rapid tumor growth. But GMOs are everywhere, including in most food derivatives made from conventional corn, soybeans, and canola. However, you can avoid them by sticking with certified organic, certified non-GMO verified, and locally-grown foods that are produced naturally without biotechnology (http://www.naturalnews.com).

2) Processed meats. Most processed meat products, including lunch meats, bacon, sausage, and hot dogs, contain chemical preservatives that make them appear fresh and appealing, but that can also cause cancer. Both sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate have been linked to significantly increasing the risk of colon and other forms of cancer, so be sure to choose only uncured meat products made without nitrates, and preferably from grass-fed sources (http://www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/processedmeat050305.cfm).

3) Microwave popcorn. They might be convenient, but those bags of microwave popcorn are lined with chemicals that are linked to causing not only infertility but also liver, testicular, and pancreatic cancers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes the perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in microwave popcorn bag linings as “likely” carcinogenic, and several independent studies have linked the chemical to causing tumors. Similarly, the diacetyl chemical used in the popcorn itself is linked to causing both lung damage and cancer (http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400701/Microwave-Popcorn-Threat.html).

4) Soda pop. Like processed meats, soda pop has been shown to cause cancer as well. Loaded with sugar, food chemicals, and colorings, soda pop acidifies the body and literally feeds cancer cells. Common soda pop chemicals like caramel color and its derivative 4-methylimidazole (4-MI) have also specifically been linked to causing cancer (http://www.naturalnews.com/031383_caramel_coloring_cola.html)

5) ‘Diet’ foods, beverages. Even worse than conventional sugar-sweetened soda pop, though, is “diet” soda pop and various other diet beverages and foods. A recent scientific review issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) of more than 20 separate research studies found that aspartame, one of the most common artificial sweeteners, causes a range of illnesses including birth defects and cancer. Sucralose (Splenda), saccharin and various other artificial sweeteners have also been linked to causing cancer (http://www.dailymail.co.uk).

6) Refined ‘white’ flours. Refined flour is a common ingredient in processed foods, but its excess carbohydrate content is a serious cause for concern. A study published in the journalCancer Epidemiology, Mile Markers, and Prevention found that regular consumption of refined carbohydrates was linked to a 220 percent increase in breast cancer among women. High-glycemic foods in general have also been shown to rapidly raise blood sugar levels in the body, which directly feeds cancer cell growth and spread (http://www.naturalnews.com/001812_cancer_prevention.html).

7) Refined sugars. The same goes for refined sugars, which tend to rapidly spike insulin levels and feed the growth of cancer cells. Fructose-rich sweeteners like high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) are particularly offensive, as cancer cells have been shown to quickly and easily metabolize them in order to proliferate. And since cookies, cakes, pies, sodas, juices, sauces, cereals, and many other popular, mostly processed, food items are loaded with HFCS and other refined sugars, this helps explain why cancer rates are on the rise these days (http://www.naturalnews.com/038071_cancer_sugar_sweets.html).

8) Conventional apples, grapes, and other ‘dirty’ fruits. Many people think they are eating healthy when they buy apples, grapes, or strawberries from the store. But unless these fruits are organic or verified to be pesticide-free, they could be a major cancer risk. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that up to 98 percent of all conventional produce, and particularly the type found on its “dirty” fruits list, is contaminated with cancer-causing pesticides (http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/list/).

9) Farmed salmon. Farmed salmon is another high-risk cancer food, according to Dr. David Carpenter, Director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University of Albany. According to his assessment, farmed salmon not only lacks vitamin D, but it is often contaminated with carcinogenic chemicals, PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), flame retardants, pesticides, and antibiotics (http://www.albany.edu/ihe/salmonstudy/pressrelease.html).

10) Hydrogenated oils. They are commonly used to preserve processed foods and keep them shelf-stable. But hydrogenated oils alter the structure and flexibility of cell membranes throughout the body, which can lead to a host of debilitating diseases such as cancer. Some manufacturers are phasing out the use of hydrogenated oils and replacing them with palm oil and other safer alternatives, but trans fats are still widely used in processed foods (http://

www.naturalnews.com/010095_hydrogenated_oils_unhealthy.html).

Matter of Perspective

It is shameful for being so callous and liberal with excessive force in residential areas towards civilians. Especially when it all started as a  peaceful movement that has taken off in Istanbul to oppose its demolition as part of a redevelopment plan. A group of protestors have been under attack of police officers since Friday, May 31th with water cannons and tear gas in Istanbul. Occupy Taksim Gezi Park is a movement that is beyond protecting green recreational parks of Turkey. It is held not only in Istanbul but also in major cities (Ankara, Izmir, Bursa etc.). As the younger generation, it's your duty to be aware of these events through social media channels while the protestors who are injured and died in there are our friends. They are Turkish but most importantly they are humanists. This is a movement against the frequent violation of human rights by authorities in Turkey. This message is intended to inform the world that Turkish Government demanding it's police to use excessive force towards unarmed protestors, which is against “human rights” in all languages and in all countries. The majority of media in Turkey do not inform any citizen either about the recent events in that park or the events in Reyhanli because of government's pressure. Media and police are not acting on behalf of nation. Government suppressed the democratic, secular people of Turkey and currently police forces are acting incredibly brutal against young, old women, men and children. The events in Turkey screams for the attention of foreign media as Turkish media is not acting honestly. Therefore, it is world’s responsibility to spread the word, protect the innocent and to stand against this brutal police force. Turkey needs World’s awareness especially world is receiving mixed signals and mixed news reports coming out of The country. Nevertheless, if one weighs all the evidence and considers the overall picture it would appear that this widely supported protest reflects perfectly reasonable grievances arising from a rather large cross section of the general population amid an educated Society. With fewer and shrinking open “green spaces” remaining it is reasonable that destroying one of the last such areas would provoke massive outrage. When a government reaches a point where there is such a wide disconnect from the hopes, desires and opinions of the average man and woman in the street, then the stage is set for a major upheaval in the status quo. These trees are nothing but a symptom far beyond of being the cause, of such tremendous civil unrest. Defending the trees is clearly a manifestation of a growing unrest with, and distrust of, a government which the people are quickly growing tired of due to being treated like second class citizens whose voice garners no respect from authorities. When the legitimate aspirations of the general population are perceived as less important than those powerful business interests behind the demolishing of parks and trees in order to put up shopping malls and department stores, then one can well imagine we are facing a prescription for disaster. These types of reactions to lack of common sense and undermining the public frustration sadly triggered the way how things started usually in the region and due to the heavy handed over-reaction of governments and the way how they manipulate their forces, employing brutal acts of repression, the situation rapidly keep escalating into a full scale armed rebellion. The heartbreaking tragedy about Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, Egypt, Syria are that what began as a protest movement with specific and legitimate grievances, was quickly hijacked by “outside” and extremist forces causing the entire situation to spiral out of control. It is now promising to tell at this precise moment, the protests in Turkey are spontaneously growing and explode out of all military control into a nation wide uprising. Such a scenario could easily attract wide spread support from the general population of whom many classes and vast numbers of people are highly educated and might well be psychologically ready and prepared to witness major changes in the way the Turkish government and local authorities operate. The fact that the government has already over reacted so brutally and attempted to crush this short lived protest with such excessive violence, does not bode well for the future. The attempt to create a total lockdown and censorship of all news sources and media in general is both a clear indication that the government is afraid of its own people. With a tremendous self-esteem RTE simultaneously determined to defend the status quo of the present balance of power, at any cost, irrespective of how many Turkish citizens are killed or maimed in the process. Whether these relentless protest movements are completely crushed by the authorities or they continue to grow and spread, the world has witnessed that the forces we have seen unleashed in so many other nations these past few years, involving the common human quest for freedom of thought, freedom of assembly and freedom of expression, are also alive and well in Turkish Society as well. Today the leaders of Ruling party AKP in senate are a bunch of uneducated, crude merchants that are lucky enough that the economically struggling society is filled with bunch of ignorant fanatics. Therefore by the forces who don't want any sign of piece and prosperity in the region but financing AKP and other traitor parties to promote chaos environment also builds the hopes of fundamentalist Fascists who  desperately try to give themselves undeserved cache by associating with a culture and history which they had no part in creating. With hidden agendas and ulterior motives, as we saw take place in the region will now try to capitalize on the present strife in Turkey by attempting to hijack the goals of the present protests, and use them for their own nefarious purposes... As the citizens of the only Secular Republic in the region since 1920s, Turkish people must remain absolutely awake and vigilant at times and make every effort to safeguard whatever precious freedoms they now possess, lest they be lost beyond retrieving, and keep questioning why should their nation be devoured and consumed by blood thirsty war lords as has been the tragic fate of many surrounding nations around them for centuries...