Eating mushy food may cause cancer. Paste generally refers to burnt food, food cooked at high temperature for a long time will become paste, after the paste of amino acids, proteins and other substances in the food by the influence of high temperature may produce carcinogenic substances, such as benzo(a)pyrene, and benzo(a)pyrene has a certain cancer-causing effect, so eating paste may cause cancer. In addition to paste food, the content of benzo(a)pyrene contained in food processed by smoking and baking is not low, which is also carcinogenic, and the intake of this kind of food should be reduced in daily life. If gastrointestinal discomfort occurs after eating pasted food, it is recommended to go to the hospital for consultation.