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Cancer is terrible, as long as the cancer with cancer of the word, basically like the judgment of the death penalty". I do not know what time from the beginning, "food" and "cancer" two words are closely linked together, in order to prevent cancer, people began to pay attention to their own diet, quit smoking abstinence, try to eat or not eat fried food.

Which foods cause cancer? Today, the network is so developed that any question you want to know, as long as you enter the major search engines, you can find the answer you want. If you enter the "food" and "carcinogenic" two key words in the search bar, the computer screen will pop up a page about tens of thousands of food carcinogenic, cola, milk, instant noodles, and even Soybean Milk, these people often eat food have been dubbed the "cancer" in the name of.

In this regard, the Chinese Academy of engineering, national food safety risk assessment center researcher Chen Junshi, summed up the most easily misunderstood several carcinogenic foods.

Soybean Milk

There are rumors that soy products contain large amounts of phytoestrogens, which may cause breast cancer in women. In fact, phytoestrogens in soy products are not equal to human estrogen. Soy phytoestrogens in soybean isoflavone is mainly, it has bidirectional regulation effect of estrogen in the body, it can make up for the deficiency of low, some prevention and decrease levels of estrogen related diseases, such as menopause syndrome and osteoporosis;

Estrogen is high, it will play a role in inhibiting estrogen, breast cancer prevention, so there is no need to worry about drinking soy milk will lead to breast cancer. "Dietary guidelines for Chinese residents" recommended daily 30~50 grams of soybean, which is equivalent to drink 800~1200 ml of soybean milk.

cola

Cola carcinogenic argument originated from an American consumer protection organization "American Center for Science in the public interest" (CSPI) a statement released, it said Coke Caramel containing 4- methyl imidazole, and that this substance may cause cancer. Caramel pigment, in fact, is a synthetic pigment that does produce a by-product - 4- methyl imidazole.

The scientific research on the safety of caramel pigment is quite adequate, and it is regarded as a safe food pigment in the United States and the European union. As for its by-product 4- methyl imidazole, the US FDA does not believe that this substance can pose a threat to human health, and only when a person drinks more than 1000 cans of cola a day can it cause cancer risk.

milk

The term milk carcinogenesis has long been circulating, and one of the claims is that IGF - 1 in milk stimulates cancer cells to grow and multiply and cause cancer. Chen Junshi pointed out that the full name of IGF - 1 is insulin-like growth factor, a hormone like protein secreted by the organism, which plays an important role in controlling blood glucose and growth.

The body itself also contains IGF - 1, an adult producing ten million ng a day. The IGF - 1 content in milk is about 2.45 ng / ml. it is much lower than that in human body. At present, the scientific community believes that IGF - 1 is not carcinogenic. There are also claims that casein in milk can cause cancer.

It originated from the Cornell University professor Colin Campbell a "rat", the rats were fed the carcinogen aflatoxin and were fed soy protein or casein, casein showed relatively more likely to promote aflatoxin induced cancer.

Aflatoxin, Chen Junshi said, is a carcinogen, and without it, neither casein nor soy protein can cause cancer in rats. Therefore, we can not use this animal experiment to imitate the carcinogenic effect of milk. In fact, milk is rich in calcium, and easy to digest and absorb, drink every day is conducive to calcium.

last night’s leftovers

Supporters of the overnight food carcinogen claim that overnight dishes produce nitrites, which are carcinogens. Chen Junshi said, "overnight dishes" due to different types of vegetables, improper preservation, storage time is too long, it may produce nitrite.

However, nitrite is not a carcinogen in itself, but can react with other amines in the food, drugs, and residual pesticides in the body to form a carcinogen - nitrosamines. At the same time, whether it's carcinogenic or not depends on how large a dose it is. Experiments show that although the nitrite content of overnight dishes is slightly increased, but the content is limited, it does not constitute a real impact on human health.

Instant noodles

About all the rumors never stopped: instant noodles harmful said instant noodles contain preservatives, antioxidants, eating more will become a "Mummy"; instant noodles bowl wall with wax layer, is after eating will accumulate in the human body causes cancer etc.. Chen Junshi told reporters that although the instant noodles is not what health food, but about its "harmful" rumors are not reliable.

The preservatives and antioxidants in instant noodles are all conventional food additives, and the safety is scientifically evaluated. As long as they are used properly, they do not affect human health. As for the fear of instant noodles in the bowl of paraffin is unfounded. The paper cups used in instant noodle production are in fact polythene coated paper cups, which can withstand the temperature of instant noodles and have very good water blocking effects, and the wax coated cups have long been eliminated.

Consumers need to understand that, whether or not to eat nutrition, mainly depends on whether food diversification, eating instant noodles, nutrition is not balanced, but it will not cause cancer.