5 years ago I told myself that I will try not to eat preservative-laden foods. I’ve been successful with this aim because I haven’t been eating much canned goods, noodles and food with preservatives such as tocino, longganisa, etc. This is my aim to lessen the risk of certain types of cancers, not including Mesothelioma, which is by the way caused by asbestos exposure.

Food additives to avoid:

- sodium nitrite (In many packaged meats)
- saccharin (“Sweet and Low”)
- caffeine (especially the levels found in energy drinks)
- olestra (In the WOW chips that came out a few years ago)
- acesulfame K (in some of the new diet drinks like Coke Zero)
- artificial coloring (especially Red 3 and 40, Yellow 5 and 6, and Blue 1 and 2, Green 3 and Orange B)

I may not be a vegetable eater now and I must admit that I am still a meat-lover but I know that my avoidance to this certain type of foods does help in preventing cancer.