One takeaway cancer dietician warns people to avoid as doctor blames one thing for 'every new patient' being under 40

A dietician has warned people about the one type of takeaway food that could potentially 'increase your risk of cancer'.

Cancer cases are predicted to increase by 55 percent worldwide in the next 20 years, according to Cancer Research.

Amid such a rise in cases, experts have been sharing what a cancer-prevention lifestyle looks like and have explained that cancer isn't always down to just 'bad luck'.

And an oncology dietitian Dr Nichole (@oncology.nutrition.rd) from the US has opened up on the types of food and drink to avoid, which includes one takeaway favourite, we are sorry to say.

Taking to her TikTok page, the doctor said: "I do not order a pepperoni pizza, processed meats increase colorectal cancer is, also at any consumption.

"Okay, so here's the deal with alcohol and processed meats, those are the only two foods that increased risk of cancer, at any consumption.

"Alright, so processed meats, whether that's pepperoni, hotdogs, deli meats, those pre cooked meats, any consumption of that it's going to be increasing your risk of cancer.

"So I do not have pepperoni pizza. What I like to put on my pizza, I'll have cheese or I'll do vegetarian, I'll do chicken or I'll even get raw sausage from a store, cook that, and then I'll make like a homemade pizza and put that on top of that.

"So, mostly chicken, mostly veggie, no pepperoni."

Meanwhile, an oncologist from Duke University in North Carolina has claimed that ‘every new patient’ at his cancer clinic is under the age of 45.

And Dr Nicholas DeVito says the rise of junk food diets is not helping the case.

“Food can play a major role here, making one’s knowledge of ingredients, the American food system, and how what they eat affects their body critical for decreasing cancer incidence,” he wrote for STAT News.

“A lack of regulation in the US has allowed additives that are 'generally recognised as safe' to flood the food system.

"This differs from the European Union, where ingredients need to demonstrate safety before consumption.

"Ultra-processed foods are prominently displayed on grocery store end caps and gleefully (and sometimes deceptively) advertised.”

He continued to say: “The desire to protect Americans from substances that cause cancer and other diseases should transcend party affiliation and political motivation to overcome industrial lobbying efforts.

"This was possible with tobacco, and it is possible with food.

“To be sure, this will require Americans to make different choices about what they eat to prioritise their health over the profit of corporations and, at times, even their own convenience."