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Plastic Surgery Of Food

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“The Plastic Surgery of Food”

This year more than 559,000 Americans will die of cancer, and another 1,445,000 new cases will be detected. (Kushi, Jack 3) According to the American National Cancer Society, facts and figures from 2017 has linked that sixty years ago the rate of people who would get cancer in their lifetime was one of eight, however, today it has risen to one in two men and one in three women. Several studies indicate processed foods are a leading contributor to the rising cancer rates because of artificial ingredients, GMOs, and how human process these foods.

Processed foods can be classified as any food that has been altered from its natural state. “A nationwide analysis of U.S. grocery purchases reveals that highly processed foods make up more than 60% of the calories of the food we buy.” (Highly Processed Foods Dominate U.S. Grocery Purchases) Processed foods include processed meats which include luncheon meats, hot dogs, ham, bacon, & salami are linked to an increase of bowel, stomach, and pancreatic cancers. Colon cancer currently ranks 3rd; with prostate cancer being 4th, for the most popular diagnosed cancers. (Kushi, Jack, 253) However, it can also be argued that the “top contributors for cancer remain smoking, alcohol and obesity.” Robert Pickard, a member of the meat advisory panel and emeritus professor of neurobiology at Cardiff University. It’s hard to link however, if it’s attributed in the meats itself being preserved in a large

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