Charred food?

[Fernando G]

The other day I was doing some French Toast (white bread
cooked after being soaked in a egg-milk-vanilla mixture) with
my friends and accidentaly, one of them overcooked. It was
charred and definitely contained some pure carbon on its
surface :)

On of my friends was very worried about me eating that
carbonized French Toast. I told her there was nothing to
worry about.

Then I remembered about the acrylamide-thing in French Fries I
heard in the news some months ago.

Is it really unhealthy to eat charred food? is it the same if
it is corn, wheat, meat, vegetables, etc?

Thanks in advance,

Fernando.

[Doe]

>Subject: Charred food? From: fcueto@yahoo.com (Fernando
>Gonzalez del Cueto) Date: 1/20/2003 2:20 PM Mountain Standard
>Time Message-id:
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>The other day I was doing some French Toast (white bread
>cooked after being soaked in a egg-milk-vanilla mixture) with
>my friends and accidentaly, one of them overcooked. It was
>charred and definitely contained some pure carbon on its
>surface :)
>
>On of my friends was very worried about me eating that
>carbonized French Toast. I told her there was nothing to
>worry about.
>
>Then I remembered about the acrylamide-thing in French Fries
>I heard in the news some months ago.
>
>Is it really unhealthy to eat charred food? is it the same if
>it is corn, wheat, meat, vegetables, etc?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>

Carbon is good for you ..

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[N-H-P]

Once upon a time, our fellow Fernando Gonzalez del Cueto
rambled on about "Charred food?." Our champion De-Medicalizing
in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...

>Is it really unhealthy to eat charred food? is it the same if
>it is corn, wheat, meat, vegetables, etc?

YES!

Slow cooking [ie, Low-Temperature] may be healthier: study
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/11/12/cook021112 Last Updated
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 8:58:53 NEW YORK - Preparing foods at high
temperatures increases the levels of a potentially toxic
compound, according to a new study.

Researchers say the compound is formed when sugar, proteins
and fat are cooked or browned at high temperatures by frying,
grilling or microwaving.

The compounds, called advanced glycation end products or AGEs,
are associated with disease when found in the body."

SOURCE: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early
Edition 2002;10,1073/pnas.242437999. (I was unable to locate
this study on the PNAS web site.)

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[Hua Kul]

fcueto@yahoo.com (Fernando Gonzalez del Cueto) wrote in
message
news:<c3daffdb.0301201320.50abfb6a@posting.google.com>...
> <snip> Is it really unhealthy to eat charred food? is it the
> same if it is corn, wheat, meat, vegetables, etc?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Fernando.

Fernando, here's a link to a 1998 study that involved 930
women and indicated a 4.62-times greater risk of breast cancer
among women who ate meats very well done.

"RESULTS: A dose-response relationship was found between
doneness levels of meat consumed and breast cancer risk. The
adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for very well-done meat versus rare
or medium-done meat were 1.54 (95% confidence interval
[CI]=0.96-2.47) for hamburger, 2.21 (95% CI=1.30-3.77) for
beef steak, and 1.64 (95% CI=0.92-2.93) for bacon. Women who
consumed these three meats consistently very well done had a
4.62 times higher risk (95% CI=1.36-15.70) than that of women
who consumed the meats rare or medium done. Risk of breast
cancer was also elevated with increasing intake of well-done
to very well-done meat."
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2000/nov2000_abs_2.html

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