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| long before you can smell their rancidity. This oxidized form of polyunsaturated far can cause increased levels of arachidonic acid and prostaglandin E2, which in rum can induce lipid peroxidation and abnormal cell growth. Eventually, this can lead to or promote cancer or other chronic diseases. |
| To explain further, oils that are polyunsaturated fatty acids naturally occur as healthful cis fatty acids in their double bonds. However, because of their delicate nature, they are subject to change through exposure to oxygen, light, and/or heat into harmful trans fatty acids. Trans fatty acids, which are not found in nature, incorporate themselves into the cell walls, altering the cell membranes and making them more permeable. This can lead to abnormal hormonal extracellular stimuli and the eventual promotion of breast cancer. |
| Women with a higher intake of trans fatty acids have more than three times the breast cancer risk than women with a low intake of these denatured polyunsaturated fats. 29 This cancer-causing artificial far is contained in margarine, all commercial oils found in the supermarket, commercial cookies, crackers, snack foods, frozen foods, deli foods, mayonnaise, fried foods, and all foods labeled ''partially hydrogenated.'' Read your labels carefully. |
| Beverages |
| Coffee |
| Cancer patients should avoid coffee. For those in good health, however, organic coffee is fine in moderation. Make sure that the beans are fresh and use drip-grind coffee rather than French-roast for less mutagenic potential (the French-roast method is stronger and uses higher heat). A good substitute for coffee is green tea or other herbal teas (e.g., nettles, dandelion, licorice, orange peel, red clover). Green tea infusion contains catechin polyphenols, which are nonspecific and broad-spectrum anticarcinogens. Black tea also contains some novel polyphenols called theaflavins, which occur through the oxidation process of green tea's catechins. Black tea's theaflavins and green tea's catechins are also strong inhibitors of HIV-reverse transcriptase. |
| Alcohol |
| Cancer patients should avoid alcohol. It depletes glutathione levels and stresses the liver. For healthy individuals, a glass of organic red wine with a meal is fine. |
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