- Fatty meats and other
high-fat foods
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- Saturated fats are found
in whole milk dairy products, red meat, palm and coconut
oils. Saturated fats are related to obesity, increased
risk of heart disease and cancer.
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- Smoked or processed meats,
such as ham, sausages. Smoked foods absorb the tars
that rise from the smoke or burning process. Tar contains
numerous carcinogens.
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- Charcoal barbecued food
and deep fried foods. There are evidence to show that
charred meat and crispy fried foods contain a group
of chemicals called Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
(PAH) that increase cancer risk. These are cancer-causing
chemicals that come from cooking food at high temperatures.
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- Salt-cured, salt-pickled,
nitrite-cured or highly spiced foods such as salted
fish, wax-duck, salted eggs, pickled and salted vegetables.
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- These foods have been
linked to either colon and stomach cancer. It is best
to remove them from your diet or consume much less
of it.
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