Processed foods are driving up rates of cancer

dailymail ^ | 14 February 2018 | BEN SPENCER

[MarvinStinson]

Major study reveals the health threat including cereal, energy bars, sausages and chocolate

Eating processed food significantly raises the risk of cancer, experts have said

The disease is claiming more lives because of the popularity of ready meals

Sugary cereals and fizzy drinks also dangerous, the

Eating processed food significantly raises the risk of cancer, experts warned last night.

They said the disease was claiming more lives because of the popularity of ready meals, sugary cereals and fizzy drinks.

The products put middle-aged women in particular danger from breast cancer, according to a study in the British Medical Journal.

‘Ultra-processed’ food – any product involving an industrial procedure – now makes up half of our diet.

Packed with chemical additives, the foods bear little resemblance to home-cooked meals. And the more of them an individual eats, the higher their risk of cancer of any type.

Experts believe this is because processed foods, which include packaged meat, pies, sweets and crisps, are higher in fat, salt and sugar.

They also have less of the vitamins and fibre that ward off disease.

The procedures used to make the food – and the chemicals and additives used to boost their flavours and shelf life – are also thought to raise the risk. The researchers said it was the first study to highlight a link between ultra-processed food and an increased overall cancer risk.

[foundedonpurpose]

How many health issues did we have on a regular basis before processed and gmo foods. Many older freepers will look at todays youth and wonder what happened.

[George from New England]

Or I read today, the folks that eat this processed food are much more obese and care less about their well being and what they put in their bodies.

Every study has limited value.

[Jeff Chandler]

The sky is falling.

[Bigtigermike]

It’s True! Now eating process food every now and then on a limited, almost temporary use, isn’t going to kill anyone but then again most people don’t know what ‘every now and then’ means and eat and drink massive amounts of this stuff as a daily consumption not once or twice but up to 5 to 6 times a day, even more and don’t think about it

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Are these results a surprise?

[outofsalt]

Many older freepers died before they could get cancer.
Cancer rates have climbed because people live longer.
I wonder if processed food leads to mental problems.

[VanShuyten]

Life expectancy for US men increased almost 5 years in the last 50 years. It increased even more for women.

I blame processed food and GMOs for that.

[Theoria]

Sure, or better medicine, drugs, health care, etc.

We certainly have gotten fatter.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Eat Starch Mom

You say nothing’s right but natural things
Ah, you fool
Poison oak is a natural plant
Why don’t you put some in your food?
Natural food makes you slow and stupid and it tastes like cabbage
I don’t care if there’s chemicals in it
As long as my lettuce is crisp
Preservatives might be preserving you all
I think that’s something you might’ve...
Oh, I think you might’ve missed it
Yeah, you missed it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPcNt85QvC4

[KittenClaws]

So the heck what?! Another stupid study?

I remember when eggs were the root of all evil. Shut the heck up, who gives a krap what makes you die? We all die!

Shut.............up.

[Zhang Fei]

How many health issues did we have on a regular basis before processed and gmo foods. Many older freepers will look at todays youth and wonder what happened.

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People have been eating processed foods for thousands of years. A good chunk of the processing was necessary to preserve food for the fallow winter months.

People used to have fewer chronic health issues because they died early of infectious disease - polio, TB, malaria, etc. A good chunk of our problems comes from living longer, such that the breakdown of our bodies due to aging has a chance to manifest itself. Another slice comes from eating too much food. The weight of the average American male has gone up 30 lbs since the 1960’s. That’s almost 20%. https://www.livescience.com/49-decade-study-americans-taller-fatter.html

[KittenClaws]

Many older freepers died before they could get cancer.
Cancer rates have climbed because people live longer.
I wonder if processed food leads to mental problems.

-— you know what leads to mental problems? Worrying about statistics that man has no control over, that what!

[OrangeHoof]

Experts say...experts say.

Blatant fearmongering. Put some names to your story.

[acapesket]

I personally have a “food hangover” if I eat this junk.
I avoid it at all costs, refuse all friendly dinner parties, and very RAREly go out for a meal.
People think I am nuts, but I was very sick for several years and I supplement my diet with clean food, no junk, and I am a different person.
GMO’s are pure evil.

[Secret Agent Man]

It is true.

Further eating fresh produce isnt even a guarantee for health anymore. Our farming pratices have caused fruits and veggies to have less nutrients in them than ever before.

[vooch]

organic

[hinckley buzzard]

This is old news. We have heard about the evils of processed meat for years now. But no matter how much one deprives himself of the simple pleasures of such things as bacon and sausage, he will die anyway.

Scaremongering at best. Eat and be merry.

[hinckley buzzard]

I know what happened to today’s youth— too much estrogenic soy crap and not enough lean meat. No wonder the world’s testosterone levels have been dropping like a rock.

[Signalman]

People are too lazy to cook.