Good News for Meat Lovers

ScienceDaily ^ | March 23, 2011 | Unknown

[Immerito]

Good News for Meat Lovers: Most Ready-to-Eat Meat Products Contain Very Few Cancerous Compounds, Study Finds

ScienceDaily (Mar. 23, 2011) — If given the choice between eating a hot dog or enjoying some rotisserie chicken, consider the hot dog.

That's because hot dogs, as well as pepperoni and deli meats, are relatively free of carcinogenic compounds, according to Kansas State University research. But it's a not-so-happy ending for bacon and rotisserie chicken -- especially chicken skin -- because both have higher levels of cancerous material.

[Red Badger]

HOT DOG!...............

[Celtic Cross]

There’s some good news.

[samtheman]

Ralph Nader is probably choking on his spinach reading this.

[JoeProBono]

[bgill]

"Based on this research, HCA consumption can be reduced by not eating chicken skin," he said.

Cracklings Recipe - take chicken skin, lay out flat on a baking sheet, sprinkle with lemon pepper or seasoning of your choice, broil until crispy, enjoy.

Of course, you'll die of a heart attack from so much sodium in those hot dogs long before you get cancer but whatever.

Eat more chocolate!

[OneWingedShark]

See!
Hot-dogs ARE the world’s most perfect food!

[Sacajaweau]

So Doc, what did she die of??

Chicken skin?? Ya think??? She WAS 90.

[nerdwithagun]

I am highly skeptical much about anything carcinogenic in common foods. All foods have something that MIGHT kill you for whatever reason or another. Even organic veggies seem to have problems with E. coli. Even if they didn't, I'm not going on a vegan diet in that I “might” get cancer from enjoying the skin on fried chicken

[Our man in washington]

There has been no definitive link between HCAs and cancer in humans anyway. Animals fed a diet with thousands of times the level that humans eat have gotten cancer, but those tests don’t always translate to human damage. So basically, I wouldn’t start munching the pepperoni just yet.

[ClearCase_guy]

higher levels of cancerous material

Egregious misuse of the word by a science writer.

[Logic n' Reason]

Eat more chocolate!

Chocolate dipped bacon!!!

Bacon wrapped hot dogs!!!!

Chocolate krispy treats!!!!

Chocolate fondue!!!

Toll house cookies with no batter...just the chocolate bits!!!

Grilled salmon with chocolate cream sauce!!!

Chocolate drizzled brussel sprouts!!!!

Bacon encrusted Hershey Bar!!!!

Dark chocolate infused corn on the cob!!!!

[kevkrom]

Animals fed a diet with thousands of times the level that humans eat have gotten cancer, but those tests don’t always translate to human damage

Q.v. saccharin.

[fight_truth_decay]

WAIT A MINUTE!

Was this message APPROVED
by Michelle Obama???

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

"If given the choice between eating a hot dog or enjoying some rotisserie chicken, consider the hot dog the answer is yes. "

Fixed. ;)

[trisham]

I love hot dogs with chili and onions, but with mustard, ketchup and relish is good, too. There’s a great hot dog place in Worcester. Coney Island hot dogs. Yum.

[Lazlo in PA]

I don't think the writer took into consideration the way I prepare my hot dogs. Chili, bacon, cheese and whatever I can find.

[9YearLurker]

Yech—who would ruin perfectly good bacon in a microwave? Now there’s one more reason not to cook it there.

[rfreedom4u]

I eat what I want, when I want and as much as I want. I don’t read labels and couldn’t care less what “researchers” say about the food I eat. Many “reseachers” are paid by companies who want you to use their product so they pay for “research” on their competition’s product.

PS: I love animals (fried, broiled, baked, stewed, BBQ’d etc)

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I’m not that elaborate on how I prepare my dogs; I generally prefer yellow mustard and some relish, maybe a little sauerkraut too. But I also like my dogs either pan-fried or grilled on an open flame, which introduces some of those nasty carcinogens.