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.
: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*
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:
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:
