Flour And Tin Foods Can Lead To Cancer - Health Practitioner
- Category: Health
- Date 10-06-2021
Health Researcher at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and library Assistant at the University of Ghana Legon, Effah Baffo Gyamfi on Wednesday 9th June,2021 stated on Kantanka Tv morning show dubbed Fontomfrom, that tin tomato and flour foods can lead to stomach cancer during an interview with Abena Kyei Boakye.
He indicated that, tin tomato and flour foods can lead to stomach cancer because it contains a lot of chemical substance.
He said flour is normally used for preparing junk foods which are not good for our health.
Research indicates that, it takes 24 to 72 hours to move flour foods through your digestive tract which makes it very harmful to human health.
He went on to say that, the combination of salt, sugar and flour is very harmful to the stomach and a chemical called hydrogen peroxide in margerine is not good for the stomach and can lead to fatty liver, weight gaining, rises cholesterol level, disrupt the blood sugar and causes mood swing.
According to the researcher, there is a harmful chemical called Bisphenol-A used for coat lining of cans and most plastic product, which if leaked into food can become a potential threat to our health and can increase the risk of cancer.
The health practitioner added that, eating late and also eating from plastic rubber and tin foods can also lead to stomach cancer.
He therefore advised the public to eat fresh tomato, include ginger and garlic in our daily meals and also monitor what we eat and reduce the chances of being sick.
Source: www.kantankatv.com/Rashidatu Hafiz