Cancer and our household items: It's not only smoking and pollution that can cause cancer.
Suspense Crime, Digital Desk : According to researchers, there are various items that we use on a daily basis in our homes that can expose our bodies to certain chemical substances over an extended period of time. Experts have established that cancer cannot occur overnight; they believe that even minor actions and consistent exposure to certain environmental pollutants and chemical compounds, over the years, have the potential to take a toll on the body. Due to this, people are giving equal attention to the food they consume from outside, as well as the objects and products they employ at home. Let us know about a few things that excessive and erroneous use of them, over a prolonged period of time, could cause many health problems in your body.
Some harshly scented cosmetic products If you frequently use such perfumed body washes and shampoos regularly on your skin then caution is advised.
It has been suggested by many scientists that some of the substances present in them can have an impact on the hormonal imbalance of a person. Not only this but it is also suspected of having relation to increase some kind of cancer too. A plastic bottle used in the automobile There is no point in drinking water from the bottle that has been placed in the sun or kept in a hot automobile throughout the day.
Tiny plastic particles can get mixed with the water when heated or melted due to the heat. So to keep yourself safe from the disease of cancer, one should always avoid using the plastic bottle, and instead use steel or glass bottle. Aluminum foil Some people also wrap their food in aluminum foil before placing it in the oven or in any container to avoid damage.
Using aluminum foil on a frequent basis, especially with acidic food, can introduce some amount of this metal into your diet, although very low in quantity.
Plastic tiffin boxes, or food container Plastic tiffin boxes or plastic containers are very commonly used by all people to store food whether raw, roasted, steamed or cooked and to some extent; people have also got into the practice of heating the food on it, by placing it in the oven or microwave. A research shows that during the reheating process of food in these boxes, many harmful compounds present in it get into the food and these chemicals were considered unhealthy in long run and the risk factor of several types of cancer increases in the person consuming that food over long. Trivial usage of aluminum cooking utensils Apart from foil there are some people that also use aluminium utensil for their everyday cooking which may turn into a risky venture with time. However it would not be wrong to say if you are repeatedly cooking extremely acidic dishes in an aluminium utensil you may need to limit your use as aluminium will start melting into the food a bit.
Plastic chopping boards Most of us chop vegetables on plastic chopping board.
Though it is convenient and is easily accessible and less in cost, yet using the same old, scratchy chopping board could be risky. Every time a slice is made, the knife scrapes off tiny bits of plastic into the food. Re-heating of oil, food in stale oil Most households have a tendency to re-boil the cooking oil that is left over from cooking pakora or poori and other food items, on a frequent basis.
However, this practice may not just deteriorate the taste and texture of food, it is also unhealthy as this heated oil contains compounds, which have shown link with the occurrence of cancer according to studies conducted by scientists around the world.
