Study Ready-made sauces and industrially produced foods significantly increase the risk of cancer

What is the impact of finished products on breast cancer risk??

If you are one of the people who use many finished products in your kitchen, you should better switch to a healthy diet. Researchers now found that the use of certain finished products in the kitchen massively increases the risk of developing aggressive breast cancer. Especially the consumption of ready-made sauces and industrially produced baked goods leads to a three times higher risk for aggressive breast cancer.

The scientists from the Instituto du Salud Carlos III in Spain found in their current study that women who use many finished products and ready-made sauces develop more aggressive breast cancer more often. The physicians presented the results of their latest study at this year's annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago.

Certain foods increase the risk of breast cancer in women massively. These foods include, for example, ready-made sauces for noodles. (Image: ExQuisine / fotolia.com)

Why do many people eat so unhealthily?

People often do not have the time or they are just too lazy to cook a decent healthy meal. They prefer to use finished products and industrially produced foods. However, such an unhealthy diet leads to a greatly increased risk of aggressive breast cancer.

Inflammation in the body increases the risk of breast cancer

The increased risk of aggressive breast cancer is usually due to foods that can cause inflammation in the body, say the experts. In particular, ready-made sauces, such as those used in curry and pasta dishes, and industrially produced baked goods, such as bread, are massively increasing the risk for this form of cancer, according to researchers. It is believed that this type of food increases the risk of cancer because it causes damage to the DNA.

Nearly 2,000 women were examined for the study

When women consume a lot of foods that promote inflammation in the body, this form of nutrition increases their risk of breast cancer by 39 percent, compared to women who rarely consume such unhealthy foods, say the authors of the study. In addition, such women also had a 2.72-fold increased risk to get aggressive and very difficult to treat so-called triple-negative breast cancer. The study looked at nearly 2,000 women and compared the diagnoses of cancer with food intake.

Further research is needed

The experts emphasize that further evidence is needed before women should be asked to completely avoid certain food groups in their diet. A significantly increased risk concerns only women who often eat unhealthily, explains study author Professor Adela Castello from the Instituto du Salud Carlos III in Spain. It will certainly not hurt women to eat processed meat, fast food or sweets once or twice a week, adds the doctor.

How can I prevent cancer??

Healthy eating habits are also used for general cancer prevention. It's best to eat fruits, vegetables, and whole grains daily, three or better four times a week, fish, legumes, and nuts, and reduce consumption of red meat to just once or twice a week, experts suggest. Avoid the frequent use of processed meat, ready meals, fast foods, industrial baked goods, sweets, sweetened drinks and high-fat dairy products, the researchers explain. In addition, you should refrain from consuming alcohol and use olive oil for cooking and frying. (As)