Diet and Cancer

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causes of cancer. Many different foods and beverages are known to include carcinogens such as, most red meat, alcohol, some varieties of fish, and different chemicals used to preserve canned foods. Millions, if not billions of people around the world eat these foods every single day and are causing exponential harm to themselves. The constant consumption of these carcinogens are single handedly leading to the cancer for many unknowing people. Some cancers can be eliminated by simply avoiding foods that contain carcinogens.
Another prominent cause for cancer is over-eating fatty foods. The fat in foods can trigger certain hormones in the body that can lead to the uncontrolled growth of cells. Unfortunately, nobody's bodies react in the same way; so different hormones are released for different people. Also, eating higher fat foods can lead to a difficulty with bowel movements, which may eventually lead into colon cancer. These terrible circumstances can all be avoided if people had ...

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