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Hack&Lube · 10-27-2015, 01:52 PM

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilt...pert-1.3290551

So why is red meat and processed meat associated with cancer? We are not sure. At McMaster we are studying the possibility that these dietary items may actually modify the expression of genes associated with cancer development. We don't yet know for sure. There are other hypotheses related to chemicals involved in cooking meat with fire with the development of heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or the role of salt nitrate that you can find in processed meat. There is no consensus on how this is happening but I think it is time we provide the population with reasons because these agents are actually causing cancer.

10-27-2015, 01:52 PM	#53
Hack&Lube Atomic Nerd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilt...pert-1.3290551 So why is red meat and processed meat associated with cancer? We are not sure. At McMaster we are studying the possibility that these dietary items may actually modify the expression of genes associated with cancer development. We don't yet know for sure. There are other hypotheses related to chemicals involved in cooking meat with fire with the development of heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or the role of salt nitrate that you can find in processed meat. There is no consensus on how this is happening but I think it is time we provide the population with reasons because these agents are actually causing cancer.