{"id":2274,"date":"2019-10-23T20:01:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T00:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=2274"},"modified":"2022-03-09T10:17:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T14:17:42","slug":"cancer-causing-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/cancer-causing-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Cancer-Causing Foods You Eat Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cancer is a disease that\u2019s startling in its prevalence. Males have a 47% chance of developing cancer in their lifetimes and females have a 38% chance.<\/strong> Is diet a contributing factor to the prevalence of these diseases? And if it is, what are the cancer-causing foods you should avoid?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contrary to what we\u2019re often told, cancer is not<\/em> a natural or inevitable disease. Most cancers are preventable through diet and lifestyle choices, but cancer death rates haven\u2019t decreased over the past 20 years, despite all we\u2019ve learned about this group of diseases. We’ll cover the studies linking certain foods, particularly dairy, to cancer and discuss which carcinogenic foods to avoid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Milk: The <\/strong>Cancer-Causing Food You Don’t Want to Give Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Synthetic chemicals are not<\/em> the primary cause of cancer. What we eat greatly affects our cancer risk.
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We think that carcinogens cause cancer, but, like genes, carcinogens likely need to be activated to do harm. They\u2019re often activated by diets high in animal protein. One of the most studied cancer-causing animal proteins is casein, the primary protein in milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cancer is one of the most feared diseases in America. We\u2019re swift in responding to carcinogen discoveries, decrying the use of DDT<\/a>, Red Dye Number 2, nitrates, and artificial sweeteners.
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But we\u2019re not swift in the face of discoveries that are much more impressive and substantial, like the research linking casein with cancer.<\/strong> These findings are so counter to what we\u2019ve always been told that they\u2019re hard to take seriously.
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Another discovery that gets ignored is the fact that cancer is, for the most part, preventable. Genetics only determine 2-3% of your cancer risk.<\/strong>
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A growing body of research suggests that we have control over our cancer risk.
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Studies on Milk, a Prevalent Cancer-Causing Food<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In studies by T. Colin Campbell, author of The China Study<\/a><\/em>, rats were administered the carcinogen AF. Campbell found that animal-protein consumption increased the risk of various cancers (including liver, pancreatic, and breast) at different stages of the cancer\u2019s development.<\/strong> The results remained consistent when the rats were dosed with other carcinogens, such as hepatitis B, indicating that animal proteins may open the door for multiple types of carcinogens (cancer-causing substances).
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Conversely, antioxidant-rich plant foods can diminish the potency of carcinogens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carcinogenic Foods and the Three Stages of Cancer<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Carcinogens cause cancer by permanently damaging a cell\u2019s DNA, mutating it from a normal cell to a cancer cell. The cancer cell then replicates, and the cancer may spread to other tissues and body systems.
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To understand how proteins from cancer-causing foods influence this development, we need a basic understanding of the three stages of cancer<\/a>. We can think of these stages like the process of seeds becoming a lawn.
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Stage 1: Initiation<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This is the stage analogous to putting the seeds in the soil. In this stage, the carcinogen enters the body and is transported into cells.
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Also in this stage, the carcinogen changes into its \u201cactive\u201d dangerous form and binds to DNA. Damaged DNA is then passed on to daughter cells. In humans, this stage can be completed within minutes and it can\u2019t be reversed. Once it\u2019s done, it\u2019s done.
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Research on Cancer-Causing Food Protein in the Initiation Stage<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Through various studies, Campbell and his researchers found that low-protein diets (diets low in animal protein) can do the following at this stage:
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