BBQ Meats Linked With Prostate Cancer

I figured with BBQ season just around the
corner, this article might give some 'food
for thought'.


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A compound formed
when meat is charred at high temperatures --
as in barbecue -- encourages the growth of
prostate cancer in rats, researchers reported
on Sunday.

Their study, presented at a meeting of the American
Association for Cancer Research, may help explain
the link between eating meat and a higher risk of
prostate cancer.

It also fits in with other studies suggesting that
cooking meat until it chars might cause cancer.
The compound, called PhIP, is formed when meat
is cooked at very high temperatures, Dr. Angelo
De Marzo and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University
in Baltimore reported.It appears to both initiate
and promote the growth of prostate cancer
in rats, they said.

"We stumbled across a new potential interaction
between ingestion of cooked meat in the diet
and cancer in the rat," De Marzo said in a
statement.

"For humans, the biggest problem is that it's
extremely difficult to tell how much PhIP you've
ingested, since different amounts are formed
depending on cooking conditions."

For the study, Yatsutomo Nakai and other
members of De Marzo's team mixed PhIP into
food given to rats for up to eight weeks, then
studied the animals' prostates, intestines and
spleens. They found genetic mutations in all
the organs after four weeks.

 

Oh this is ridiculous:biggrin1: Meat has a high fat content. It clogs arteries and blocks the prostate. Soon, we wont' be able to eat veggies.

Thanks for the tips, Windy.

 

You are funny, Jeff!:tongue:

I LOVE that lightning bolt!!!

 

If I see any rats BBQing I'll let them know about this risk.

 

If this research proves true, then I got nothing to worry about as a vegetarian. :biggrin1:

 

There are at least one or two others
around on the board, SP! :smile:

 

:headbang: AWESOME!! I can't wait to meet them someday. It's nice to have a common ground - vegetarians with gigantic cucumbers! LOL.

 

LMAO!!! A vegetetarian with a sense
of humour!!! Who knew????

Just teasing...welcome to the board.:smile:

 

1. What he said.

2. I eagerly await next week's study that shows that an absence of grilled meat in one's diet leads to another, equally depressing, form of cancer.

3. We all have to die of something. *shrugs*

 

Oh come on Rob...you know I was
only trying to ruin your summer! :biggrin1:

 

Rob Just Rob's name reminds me of a movie quote "My name's Jim, but my friends call me....Jim"

 

I think that telling me that it's going to rain on the May 2-4, Canada Day, and Civic Holiday weekends would have done a better job. :tongue:

Actually, I think that would depress me more than getting prostate cancer! :biggrin1:

 

LMAO!!! Good one! :tongue:

I hate that it's now called May 2-4.

 

You aren't some kind of monarchist, are you?

I normally refer to it as the May Beer weekend.

 

I prefer the name May 2-4. IT gives the 15 yr olds something to look forward to

 

Well, I'm not a drinker and if it's
going to be a holiday, people should
at least be aware of why they got
the long weekend to open the drinking
season with fireworks and beer! :wink:

 

What was it called before??

 

*This just in from Reuters...

Masturbation causes cancer!*