Carcinogens - Uninvited Dinner Guests
March 12th, 2008If you thought the trouble with chicken could be cooked away, there’s more bad news. Chicken produces dangerous heterocyclic amines (HCAs) when it is heated. Produced from creatine, amino acids, and sugar in the chicken muscle, HCAs also are found in tobacco smoke, and are fifteen times more concentrated in grilled chicken than in beef.
The combination of fat, animal protein, and carcinogens found in cooked chicken also creates troubling risks for colon cancer. At the same time, poultry, like all meat, lacks the fiber needed to cleanse the digestive tract of excess hormones and cholesterol. Each bite of beef, chicken, and fish that you eat displaces vegetables, whole grains, and legumes—the real dynamos that give your metabolism and immune system a boost.