This is a favorite chart from Dr. Joseph Maroon’s book, The Longevity Factor, page 109.

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Top Five Cancer-Causing Foods

• Hot dogs
• Processed meats and bacon
• Doughnuts
• French fries
• Chips, crackers, cookies (other packaged goods too)

These products contain: hydrogenated oils (trans fats), which, besides being a cancer factor, promote heart  disease and belly fat; acrylamides, which are created during the frying process; and sodium nitrite (and nitrates), which are added to processed meats, hot dogs, bacon, and any other meat that needs a reddish color to look “fresh.” During digestion, sodium nitrate is converted to nitrosamine, which is a carcinogen, or cancer-causing agent.

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So should you immediately stop eating all of these foods? Yes, if you can and have the willpower. More likely, try and stop eating so much of them. The next time you reach for any packaged food in a box in the supermarket, think again. A hot dog at a ball game is fun with the family, but try cooking fish or chicken at the next family bar-b-que. French fries are surely tough to give up, but try making your own and use olive oil instead of eating those at a fast food restaurant.

And the next time you think of these foods, think Dr. Maroon, think longevity, think Resveratrol and Red Wine grape extracts, and think Vinomis