The Dangers of Over-Cooking Your Foodhttp://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/05/29/over-cooking.aspxBy Nancy Appleton, Ph.D. Here are some statistics to put into perspective the dangers of overcooking and undercooking. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 340 Cases of E. coli infection in 1997 which makes the incidents rate of 2.1enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)