2 Cancer-Causing Foods You Might Eat Every Day

2 Cancer-Causing Foods You Might Eat Every Day

Nearly 1.5 million people were diagnosed with some kind of cancer last year. The food we eat – and the substances that come with the food we eat – likely play a large part of this epidemic. With that in mind, let’s look at 16 foods that you probably eat everyday that are suspected to have some connection to cancer.

1. Canned Tomatoes

Most cans are made with a chemical called bisphenol-A, or BPA. BPA impacts the way genes do their job inside the brain. So most canned foods are suspected of having some role in causing cancer, and tomatoes are especialy dangerous due to their high acidity, which can cause BPA to leech from the lining of the can into the tomatoes themselves and thereby into your body.

2. Soda Pop

Sodas, loaded with sugar, are a main cause of the nationwide obesity epidemic and can lead to inflammation, insulin resistance, and gastro-esophageal reflux disease. Studies have shown that people who drank more than one soda per day had a substantially higher risk of stroke than people who did not drink sodas, so cutting it out could help with preventing cancer and with much much more.