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Cooked foods increase the risk of uterine and ovarian cancer

A Dutch study of more than 120,000 people a direct relationship between consumption of acrylamide, compound formed when heating food, and the incidence of uterine and ovarian cancer.

Acrylamide is generated in processed or cooked foods such as bread, breakfast cereals, coffee, meat and fried or baked potatoes.

Research indicates that women who absorbed more acrylamide were twice as likely to suffer these types of cancer than others.

The study conducted in Dutch University of Maastricht, said that the amount of acrylamide than twice the incidence of cancer is equivalent to the daily consumption of a packet of chips or half a pack of biscuits per day.

Experts recommend eating foods cooked at home, as they typically contain smaller amounts of this substance that processed products and food that is served in fast food establishments and even in restaurants.

I would add that the food purchased is not only more risky and have higher amounts of acrylamide, but also possesses a higher amount of calories that the food prepared by our own hands.

Notwithstanding these recommendations, knowledgeable on the subject acknowledge that it is impossible to completely eliminate the acrylamide in food.

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Diet to Combat Anemia

The anemia is caused by decreased red blood cell in blood. It can happen for two reasons: iron deficiency or lack of folic acid (a B vitamin).

The first is known as iron deficiency anemia and may be motivated by the non-iron absorption in the digestive tract, chronic blood loss or the absence of this mineral in the diet, which is usually the most common cause.

The anemia due to folic acid or folate is called megaloblastic or pernicious anemia. Read the rest of this entry »

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