Yet Another Lurking Link Between Foods and Cancer

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Luddite — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:59:08 GMT

www.foodqualitynews.com/.../Chip-companies-settle-acrylamide-lawsuit

04-Aug-2008 -

Heinz, Frito-Lay, Kettle Foods and Lance Inc have agreed to slash levels of the cancer-causing chemical acrylamide in their potato chips and French fries, settling a lawsuit against them.

California’s attorney general had sued a number of French fry and potato chip companies under an act which requires companies to post warnings of any cancer-causing chemicals in their products, unless they can prove that the levels do not pose a significant health risk.

Acrylamide is a by-product of frying, roasting and baking foods that contain certain amino acids and in 2002, Swedish scientists discovered high levels of cancer-causing acrylamide in fried potato products.

The legal action began in 2005 when the attorney general sued McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, KFC, Frito-Lay, Kettle Foods, Lance, Procter & Gamble and Heinz, for selling potato chips and French fries containing high levels of acrylamide

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countryclassic49 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:21:35 GMT

Interesting article about the link between fried and baked starches....too bad, homefries sure taste good.Interesting that I have been telling people since teflon first came out in cookwear that I didn't think it could be good for you. It was just intuition, I hadn't read or heard anything adverse about it then. I have never used teflon cookware, and quit using aluminum about 38 years ago. SS and caste iron for me, thanks.

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dandan2 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:36:46 GMT

I have been a "health nut" for the last 30 odd years, tried to follow Dr Mercola's diet, have my own organic garden, have good clean well water to drink and bathe in,don't smoke, got plenty of excersize, (looking after 5 horses, gardening, weeding, walking up an down my hilly 18 arcres) didn't wear a tight bra,(wore loose cotton) and was diagnosed last year with breast cancer.

My doctor said at the time I was diagnosed that it was "that damn mouse virus" that triggers breast cancer. Coincidentaly I had just cleaned out a mouse infested storage shed a couple of months earlier. Just before I discovered the lump on my breast I had a terrible flu. During my treatment I met over a dozen women who had breast cancer and had contact with mice. There is a lot of information on the internet about the "mouse mammary gland tumor virus." There are statistics showing where breast cancer correlates to the mouse population. The city I live near (1/2 mile) has a mouse epidemic because of the cat by-laws and the cancer rate is extremely high also. Mice are everywhere, I saw one scampering down the isle of the supermarket I go to.

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katedewey — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:21:52 GMT

I have read this book and the general principal is that bras with UNDERWIRING are the culprits. You can get a "health bra" which you have to be measured for and it has a suspension bridge concept built into the support. It has to be put on in a specific way to ensure the breast is properly contained including the "fatty tissue" under the armpits which has to be manipulated into the cup. They are expensive but worth it!

It was my understanding that it was the high heat in trans fats that caused acrylimide? How has this become extended to starches?

Kate D.

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mtnboygma — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:33:05 GMT

Ask any good lymphatic drainage therapist (and any truly good breast cancer specialist): They will state emphatically "do NOT wear underwire bras!" Our therapist saw the breaking-out my 30-something daughter had between her breasts and told her about the underwires. Stopping the underwires cleared it up and possibly saved her from breast cancer as well. Our therapist made it an absolute statement, not a recommendation! She still wears underwires when "dressing up", but avoids them most of the time.

NO ONE SHOULD EVER SLEEP IN ANY KIND OF BRA!--study lymphatic drainage!! (or underwear, for that matter--one's body should BREATHE while sleeping!

It is more and more difficult to find suitable bras which do not have underwires. I also require cotton with V-neck-type "straps"--not skinny straps, and the only functional ones I found recently come from a most unlikely place: WalMart.

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thefarmersdaughter — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:23:14 GMT

I am new to this blog. However,I am saddened that several people use it as a place to bash & disrespect our President and Christian leaders. There was a time in this country when having a debate actually meant an "exchange" of ideas. However it may have been delivered with passion,not sarcasm and an elitist attitude. As for Judging spiritual things,read 1 Corinthians 2:14 ,and Romans 14:4. Having managed several lingerie departments ,let me tell you that the majority of women are wearing the wrong size bra! Same with shoes. That certainly would have an impact on the pressure they would cause on the body. Seems more information is needed.

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dsmommy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:09:07 GMT

I'm really beginning to think that everything causes cancer. So why bother worrying about it. It was bad enough before, now I can't even where a bra? I can't eat fish unless I spend hundreds of dollars on the vital choice wild salmon, cause all the rest is contaminated, I can't eat meat, cause I can't cook it, I can't eat veggies unless they are the expensive organic, I can't drink milk unless it's raw, but I can't drink raw, because I'm pregnant and I then risk getting sick, I wouldn't even know where to get raw milk, I would starve to death if I ate only organic vegetables with no grains! I can't even use hand lotion, but if I don't I would have cracks and sores on my hands, because I wash my hands about 20 times a day, due to the fact that I am a stay at home mom to 5 kids 8 and under. I don't really think we should sit here and obsess like this! There are people out there who smoked their entire lives and ate and drank and were merry and lived to 100, but there are those people who obsess, by exercising and eating raw food diets that have keeled over and died at age 55!

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curious7 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:04:53 GMT

Ther is that same old question, what is your PH balance? Acidic, and you are prone to disease. Alkaline, and you are in the best position to prevent disease. We become one or the other via our diets.

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Susjust — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:34:51 GMT

I personally think we are being distracted from the more serious causes of cancer. I agree french fries are not healthy food, but way back when Breast Cancer Awareness Day was created by some ladies from NJ protesting chlorine chemical plants and the cancer cluster in their area, Dow Chemical took over sponsorship of the event and began to "review" all the literature produced for the event. Surprise! No more talk of chemicals causing cancer. The first thing diverted to was "fat women are responsible for their own cancer" and the discussion has worked ever since. We go running like lemmings over the edge of "What can we do/eat/not eat to prevent our own cancer," while the chemical companies produce more pvc, fertilizer and pesticides world wide. Do you feel manipulated? Wake up.

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Dr Rik — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:06:11 GMT

How did we get from fried potatoes to bras? Does this say something about what we are really thinking about.

Saw some of those "tribal" TV shows. Lot to be said in favor of bras.

So how in the world am I supposed to cook those potatoes?

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LoriSmi — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:08:44 GMT

I plan to keep eating my occasional roasted veggies, thank you! It seems that EVERYTHING causes cancer, yet not everyone gets cancer. It makes me wonder just how much of this is genetically inherited...

Boiled meat just doesn't have the same taste as fried or grilled. Being a low-carb heavy meat eater, I will continue to grill, fry, roast, broil, and toast my foods. My health has never been better than it has been the past few years when I went low-carb. I eat little of the starchy foods, but I do on occasion "pig out" on pizza, bread, and potatoes. Just not all at one sitting! (lol) I eat starches maybe once every two months, then back to my regular diet of meat, eggs, cheese, and a few veggies. And yes! I do ingest many supplements to compensate for lack of fruits, though I eat these occasionally, too. I have one or two days every 6-8 weeks where I eat anything I feel like eating such as pizza or potatoes or apples or bananas, then I go back to eating the way that seems to fit my own profile.

Early man ate a lot of roasted meats over an open fire.......I like mine the same.

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jonallen — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:57:11 GMT

It would seem that "browning" just about anything is a bad idea. This would also indicate that while sugar is a potent inflammatory, caramel or browned sugar is even worse. Unfortunately, we've been hooked on well-browned foods for generations.

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monarch butterfly — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:56:39 GMT

Thanks to everyone for info as a friend just told me when she has an ocaasional cup of coffee she gets pains in her breast now I know why and will share this info with her.