Does eating too much ginger really lead to liver cancer? Check out 7 factors that induce liver cancer

As the saying goes, "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, and you won't need a doctor to prescribe medicine" and "Eat ginger in all seasons, and all diseases will be gone", which shows that eating ginger is good for the human body. However, a study found that excessive consumption of ginger increases the risk of liver cancer.

Research by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows that safrole can cause liver cancer. Adding 0.04% to 1% safrole to the feed of mice for 150 days to 2 years can induce liver cancer in mice. Ginger contains safrole. Excessive consumption of ginger can easily increase the risk of liver cancer. In addition, rotten ginger produces toxins that can also cause cancer. Some people think that "rotten ginger does not taste rotten", but this idea has no scientific basis and is also very dangerous. Because rotten ginger produces toxins, in severe cases it can cause liver cancer and esophageal cancer. Therefore, everything should be moderate, just like ginger. Eating less can strengthen the body, but eating more can easily cause liver cancer.

There is an old Chinese saying that goes "know when to stop" and "too much is as bad as too little". Therefore, everything should be done in moderation, just like ginger. Eating a little can strengthen the body, but eating too much can easily lead to liver cancer. In addition to ginger, the following are some common factors in life that can induce liver cancer:

The causes of liver cancer are as follows:

1. Alcohol:

Drinking can lead to a variety of chronic liver diseases such as alcoholic fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, alcoholic cirrhosis, and can enhance the effects of HBV, AFT and other factors in inducing primary liver cancer, but the cancer-promoting mechanism has not yet been clarified.

2. Trace elements:

At present, the research on the relationship between trace elements and liver cancer has found that the mortality rate of liver cancer is negatively correlated with the selenium content in the environment and the selenium level in the blood of residents. The investigation found that the water, soil, food, human hair and blood in liver cancer-endemic areas contain high levels of copper and zinc, but low levels of molybdenum.

3. Aflatoxin:

Aflatoxin B1 is the strongest carcinogen for animal liver cancer. Surveys in areas with a high incidence of liver cancer, especially in the south where corn is the staple food, suggest that the occurrence of liver cancer may be related to the contamination of grain by aflatoxin. The level of aflatoxin M1, the metabolite of aflatoxin B1, in human urine is very high, but there is currently no direct evidence to confirm this.

4. Liver cirrhosis:

At present, cirrhosis has been clinically identified as a precancerous lesion of liver cancer. It is the main cause of primary liver cancer. When cirrhosis occurs, the conversion rate of liver cells becomes faster and they are more sensitive to carcinogenic factors in the environment.

5. Viral hepatitis:

The positive rate of serum hepatitis B markers in patients with primary liver cancer is as high as 90%. It can be seen that there is a correlation between the incidence of primary liver cancer and the prevalence of HBV carrier status. Moreover, animal experiments and human studies have supported the direct carcinogenic effect of HBV, so it is almost certain that HBV is an initiating factor and the main cause of primary liver cancer.

6. Heredity:

In areas with a high incidence of liver cancer, it has been found that liver cancer has a significant familial clustering, especially among people who live together and have blood ties. Relevant experts believe that this may be related to the vertical transmission of the hepatitis virus, but this has yet to be confirmed.

7. Others:

The causes of primary liver cancer are also related to many factors such as water pollution, genetic factors, trace elements, sex hormones, nitrosamines and pesticide pollution.

To prevent the occurrence of liver cancer, you should keep a cheerful mood and avoid the influence of bad emotions. In addition, maintain good eating and rest habits.

Eat more fruits to avoid liver cancer

1. Raspberry

Raspberries can also prevent liver cancer because they are rich in "tannic acid". When "tannic acid" is mixed with liver cancer cells, it is found that "tannic acid" can actually inhibit tumor growth.

2. Grapes and apples

Later, the study found that fruits such as grapes and apples also have an effect. Among them, grape skin contains anthocyanins, flavonoids, plant polyphenols and other highly effective anti-cancer substances, and substances with antioxidant effects, tumor cell proliferation inhibition and angiogenesis promotion can be extracted from grapes and apples. Studies have found that virus carriers, people who have long eaten moldy food in rural areas, and high-risk people with a family history of genetic diseases can effectively prevent primary liver cancer if they eat raspberries, grapes and other fruits for a long time.