A study published in the Journal of American Medical Association found that "people who consumed one serving of canned soup a day for five days had a more than 1,000 percent increase in urinaryBPA over people who consumed fresh soup.What is BPA?
It is Bisphenol A,a clear, odorless, organic compound derived from petrochemicals. It is used to make polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. It is widely used in food containers in its polycarbonate form and used as an epoxy liner in canned foods and beverages. BPA is an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC), interfering with the body's system of hormone-secreting glands and cellular receptors that regulate many internal functions.
One way that BPA does this is by acting as an estrogenic chemical in the body, meaning that it mimics naturally occurring estrogen. Estrogen is dandy stuff, in the quantities that the average human body produces naturally. Even males have some natural estrogens floating around. But exposure to amounts coming from outside the body sends an overwhelming message to your estrogenic receptor sites and causes your body to react in harmful ways. Estrogenic chemicals can contribute to increasing breast cancer and testicular cancer rates and obesity.
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