- Eating processed food significantly raises the risk of cancer, experts have said
- The disease is claiming more lives because of the popularity of ready meals
- Sugary cereals and fizzy drinks also dangerous, the wide-ranging study found
- Families are told to heed the warning and read food labels more carefully
Eating processed food significantly raises the risk of cancer, experts warned last night.
They said the disease was claiming more lives because of the popularity of ready meals, sugary cereals and fizzy drinks.
The products put middle-aged women in particular danger from breast cancer, according to a study in the British Medical Journal.
‘Ultra-processed’ food – any product involving an industrial procedure – now makes up half of our diet.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5393231/Processed-foods-driving-rates-cancer.html
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