Today too, like every day, you started your morning with tea and packed toast. Breakfast tasted like packaged bread with jam packaged in a plastic container. Sipping tea with packed snacks in the office. The lunch we had in the afternoon was homemade, but the ice cream we ate with it came out of a package box. How routine and normal it all seems.
But do you know that the packaged foods that we use daily can cause breast cancer in our body. Yes, recent research has confirmed that every day we knowingly or unknowingly include 76 such chemicals in our diet, which promote breast cancer. Breast cancer is a silent killer. Thousands of people lose their lives every year because of it, and in many cases the deaths are not even reported.
Recently, a study was published in the famous global journal “Frontiers”. This study shows that 189 carcinogenic chemicals were found in food contact materials used for food packaging, among which 76 are such that they enter our body. It also includes hazardous chemicals like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), bisphenol, and phthalates. The latter are extremely dangerous for the human body.
Additionally, another study by the Switzerland-based Food Packaging Forum Foundation published in the “Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology” indicates that more than 3,600 chemicals used in food packaging have been found in the human body, among which about 100 chemicals are harmful. for man. Are extremely dangerous for health.
so today ‘health record’ In this article, we’ll tell you how to avoid carcinogenic chemicals found in food packaging. You will also learn that-
How dangerous is this for human life? What do the experts say about this? What do the statistics say about breast cancer in India?
As before, we talked to you in detail about breast cancer. We will therefore only talk about food packaging here.
Why are packaged foods dangerous? We often use packaged foods in our daily routine without thinking about it and consider them safe, but they are very dangerous for our health. Because most food packaging materials contain plastic elements and dangerous chemicals, which enter the body through food and are conducive to many serious diseases like breast cancer.
How to avoid food chemicals
To avoid chemicals in packaged foods, you need to be health conscious first. Avoid using packaged foods. Do not use plastic utensils to prepare food. In the graphic below we give you some tips for avoiding chemicals used in food packaging.
13 million people worldwide die each year from environmental toxins.
Environmental toxins are also a leading cause of disease. Tell us what environmental toxins are and why are they so dangerous? Environmental toxins are natural and artificial chemicals that can mimic or interfere with the body’s hormones. This is called the endocrine system. These include naturally occurring compounds like lead, mercury, radon, formaldehyde, benzene, and cadmium, as well as man-made chemicals like BPA, phthalates, and pesticides.
These endocrine system disruptors are found in many products that we use daily. These include certain plastic bottles and containers, cans, detergents, flame retardants, toys, beauty products and pesticides. Each of these toxins affects our body in different ways. They stop our bodies from functioning and put our health at risk, imbalance our hormones and can even reduce longevity. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 13 million people die worldwide each year from environmental toxins. Learn about illnesses caused by environmental toxins in the graphic below.
Ways to Reduce Exposure to Environmental Toxins
We cannot completely control our environment, but we can reduce risk by being aware of the challenges we face. Learn more in the pointers below.
Wash your hands thoroughly. You can’t completely eliminate plastic, but there are steps you can take to reduce plastic use. Eat a plant-based diet. Avoid consuming canned foods. Like perfumes, nail polishes, scented beauty products, etc. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly to avoid exposure to pesticides. You can try growing your own fruits and vegetables at home. You can clean your house with harsh chemical cleaning products. do more harm than good. Make your own cleaner with natural household products like vinegar and baking soda.