September 06, 2005

Barbecuing For Cancer
posted by peacay 19 years ago
  • Great. That chicken breast I just ate is gonna make my tits fall off. Will somebody please drag me out from under my solar radiation deflecting rock when I can eat something that won't kill me?
  • High temperatures are also responsible for the carcinogen acrylamide found in foods like bread and french fries. That's why I only eat raw oats.
  • just fried foods. That's the secret.
  • Grilled hotdogs - do they mean snags? They need to import more lamb - lamb chops didn't make the chart.
  • Moderation folks, moderation.
  • Sorry, upon closer reading they mention hotdogs and sausages.
  • Yeah, I nearly linked up all these other P.A.C. articles but thought "nah, everyone can read into this what they want". But the cancer risk increase seems pretty negligible to me and squidranch is right, if you're gonna stuff yourself with burnt cow every meal then perhaps you should be a bit worried. It won't be changing any of my habits anyways.
  • errr....PAC should be HCA - heterocyclic amines.
  • The benefits of BBQ far outweigh the risks. I prove it every time I fire up the grill.
  • did anyone else notice the vegan propoganda everywhere? This is a Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine project. PCRM itself is a group around which some controversy circulates. (no guarantee as to the impartiality of the sources, of course) Now, I'm a fan of vegetarian food. And I'm very positive regarding the ethical treatment of animals. However, I have my incisors and my cuspids in good working order. I'm just saying that I'd prefer my medical advice to come without the agenda attached, coz i'm quite happy with the one I've got!
  • From the cited PAH report: The primary routes of potential human exposure to PAHs are inhalation of polluted air, wood smoke, and tobacco smoke, as well as ingestion of contaminated water, and foods normally containing microgram quantities of PAHs. Foods found to contain minute quantities of benz[a]anthracene, benzo[j]fluoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene, or indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene include: smoked, barbecued, or charcoal-broiled foods, vegetables and vegetable oils, margarines, roast coffee and coffee powders, fresh sausages, cereals, grains, flour, breads, meats, seafood, fruits, processed foods, and beverages. PAHs have been detected at low levels in some drinking water supplies as well as in fresh and sea water in the United States (IARC 1984).
  • prolly safer than microwaving food on plastic *yawns and rolls over, too lazy to find the link
  • That must be why I crave barbecue after chemo - the cancer's trying to stay healthy! AUUUGGHH!
  • Youch! Sorry to hear that, moondoggie.
  • That's okay, I'm getting used to it - I'm past the halfway point in treatments, so only a couple of more months to go. Wheee!
  • Good to hear!
  • Good luck, Moondoggie. *hugs*
  • Moondogie, if you're beating cancer, then fuck the carcinogens. Obviously you're stronger than them, and you shouldn't need to worry any more!!! i have the same theory about people who live through car crashes. they don't believe me, either.
  • Good luck.
  • Nice catch, prismatic7. The way this "cancer prevention" website was presented, I suspected a link with the PCRM wackos.
  • Hey hey, I called dibs on giving moondoggie the good vibes. You strap-ons go find yourself a fucking malaria victim or something. /sooooo going to hell now.
  • Hey, quid's on board with the whole "ownership society" thing!
  • And here I thought this was some sort of charity fund raiser where everyone would bbq up a storm one day soon and via some mechanism filter some cash for cancer research. Getting guilted with stats on the dangers of charred chicken...what a drag...though not as big a drag as having cancer. Moondoggie: My best wishes for you and your kin. I hope all works out well for you. On my Mom's side of the family everyone gets cancer, so I've vicariously lived through the process many, many times. And, one day, I'll likely see it first hand too. Hence the interest in bbqing as a fund raiser, I can prepay the treatment I'll apparently need for all those teriyaki chicken kabobs that I like to leave on the grill too long. It's just not grilled unless it's charred!
  • Oh great. I thought I just did a good deed by telling a Katrina survivor where a great BBQ restauraunt is. Now I realize that I just added to his eventual misery. Thanks, peacay. Thanks for making BBQ carcinogenic.
  • >Reducing exposure to carcinogens is as simple as grilling veggie burgers instead of hamburger, or a thick portabello mushroom instead of a steak. Big mushroom instead of a steak. See, I like to think I could go vegetarian, but then they bring up switcheroos like this. As if people were ever attracted to the smell of burning fungus wafting through the neighbourhood. Ooh! Somebody's having a barbeque! Smells like flame-broiled lichen! Can we come? Cancer schmancer. I'll stick with the steaks and assorted encased meats, thank you. Oh, and Moondoggie, all my best to you and yours, quidnunc embargo be damned.
  • Mushrooms are fucking delicious and thinking about that portabello literally starts my mouth watering. Takes all sorts, I suppose.
  • now slap that portabello on top of a real steak, and then you're talking!
  • That's the solution to so many of life's problems: slap it on a steak, wrap it in bacon...
  • mmmm, bacon.
  • Thanks for the good wishes, fellow monkeys. I had to run off to work where I'm still the new guy, so I can't check in with MoFi for another week or so - just until they find I'm invaluable and leave me alone. And don't worry quidnunc, you're still number one deep in my cancerous heart. Incidentally, if you don't have health insurance, go get it in whatever shape or form you can! This whole little cancer thing has already cost my insurance company over $150,000! In about four months! And one day's treatment runs about four grand! Whoever invented cancer is ROLLING in the dough!
  • MonkeyFilter: Smells like flame-broiled lichen! MonkeyFilter: assorted encased meats MonkeyFilter: ...the solution to so many of life's problems: slap it on a steak, wrap it in bacon... Moondoggie: Hang in there kiddo. My thoughts are with you. Quidnunc: Here's your ticket. Train for Hell leaving on platform 666.