Food relates to Cancer (Cont)

The topic of H7N9 is getting heater. Therefore, people should start review on your daily food consumed to discover the food relates to cancer, avoid it and stay healthy.

Regarding foods which have consistently been tagged as increased cancer risk are limited to red meat and Cantonese-style salted fish. Red meat, mainly beef, but not poultry and fish, is associated with a modest increase in colorectal cancer risk. Consumption of Cantonese- style salted fish has been found to be associated with the risk of nasopharyngeal cancer, which is very frequent in some populations of south-east Asia, particularly southern China.

Another issue related to food safety is dry storage foods such as grains,nuts, grains and peanut. Those dry foods can produce potent microbial carcinogen which is Aflatoxin B1 due to fungus Aspergilus flavus. Hence, it is very important to monitor the storage of dry foods to ensure the freshness and free from any fungus contamination.

It is advised to avoid processed foods intake such as sausage, nugget, bacon, hot dog or ham. Those foods contains sodium nitrite or sodium nitrate. Sodium nitrate or nitrate are food additive added by manufacture to retain the color of meat and to inhibit bacterial growth in the food. Both chemicals can break down into nitrosamines, substances with the potential to cause cancer. Besides, some unhealthy fast foods that commonly consumed by us such as french fries and potato chips can be a silent cancer killer for regular consumers. There is carcinogen of acrylamide generated from those fast foods.

关于增加癌症的风险，被认定为是红肉和咸鱼（腌制品）。红肉，主要是牛肉，并会增加大肠癌的风险。消费协会已发现咸鱼与鼻咽癌的风险，这在一些东南亚的国家

是非常频繁的，

特别是南部地区的人口。

另一项有关食品安全的问题，特别是对干式贮存的食物，如谷类，坚果，谷物和花生。这些干食品能产生强有力的微生物致癌物质如黄曲霉毒素B1。这是因为不当的收藏方式如真菌黄曲霉的产生。因此，监测存储干燥食品的保质期，以确保没有任何真菌污染的新鲜度。

尽量避免加工食品的摄入量，如香肠，腊肉，热狗，火腿。那些食品含有亚硝酸钠或亚硝酸钠。硝酸钠或硝酸是食品添加剂添加制造保留肉的颜色和抑制细菌生长的食物。这两种化学物质可以分解成亚硝胺类物质，可能导致癌症。此外，一些不健康的快餐食品，如薯条和薯片，非常普遍在当今的社会，可以造成经常食用者的一种无声的患癌症的风险。