Food/recipe/restuarant Thread

[JEBar]

in the category ....

"Boiling or cooking an egg is normally considered a chemical change, which is any change that results in the formation of new chemical substances -- and it's usually pretty irreversible.

Professor Raston pretty much just blew our minds on that one -- but how did he do it?

He used something called the vortex fluidic device (which he also invented, by the way). He and his team first used it on a hen egg to pull apart proteins to return the egg white to an earlier state.

He explained, "When you boil an egg, the egg white goes white because there's a protein in there. It's like a bit of spaghetti coiled up, but if it's not coiled up properly, it'll start to stick to all these other ... proteins, so it forms a gel."

Basically -- eggs are mostly made up of water and protein.

When things heat up, the proteins start moving around and form bonds with other proteins until they get so tangled up that they form a solid.

Professor Raston's machine essentially untangled the proteins, but here's the best part:

The vortex liquidator isn't just good for playing with food. Raston says it's already demonstrated promising applications for cancer treatments and allowed drug potency to be boosted as much as four-and-a-half times."

taken from this link

 

[JEBar]

18 Dishes That Bring Home the Bacon

from the link above the Breakfast Fried Rice and the Bacon Wrapped Brown Sugar Pork Loin really sound interesting

 

[RUCRAYZE]

It speaks for itself!!
World Health Organization: Processed Meats Cause Cancer
[Broken External Image]
By Gus Trompiz
Posted: 10/26/2015 07:46 AM EDT | Edited: 1 hour ago

DENDRON VIA GETTY IMAGES[Broken External Image]
By Gus Trompiz

PARIS, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans while redmeat is a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts said on Monday in findings that could sharpen debate over the merits of a meat-based diet.

The France-based International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the WHO, put processed meat such as hot dogs and ham in its group 1 list, which already includes tobacco, asbestos and diesel fumes, for which there is "sufficient evidence" of cancer links.

"For an individual, the risk of developing colorectal (bowel) cancer because of their consumption of processed meat remains small, but this risk increases with the amount ofmeat consumed," Dr Kurt Straif of the IARC said in a statement.

Red meat, under which the IARC includes beef, lamb and pork, was classified as a "probable" carcinogen in its group 2A list that also contains glyphosate, the active ingredient in many weedkillers.

The lower classification for red meat reflected "limited evidence" that it causes cancer. The IARC found links mainly with bowel cancer, as was the case for processed meat, but it also observed associations with pancreatic and prostate cancer.

The agency, whose findings on meat followed a meeting of health experts in France earlier this month, estimated each 50 gram portion of processed meat eaten daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18 percent.

The IARC, which was assessing meat for the first time and reviewed some 800 studies, does not compare the level of cancer risk associated with products in a given category, so does not suggest eating meat is as dangerous as smoking, for example.

Health policy in some countries already calls for consumers to limit intake of red and processedmeat, but the IARC said such advice to consumers was in certain cases focused on heart disease and obesity.

The preparation of the IARC's report has already prompted vigorous reactions from meat industry groups, which argue meat forms part of a balanced diet and that cancer risk assessments need to be set in a broader context of environmental and lifestyle factors.

The IARC, which does not make specific policy recommendations, cited an estimate from the Global Burden of Disease Project - an international consortium of more than 1,000 researchers - that 34,000 cancer deaths per year worldwide are attributable to diets high in processed meat.

This compares with about 1 million cancer deaths per year globally due to tobacco smoking, 600,000 a year due to alcohol consumption, and more than 200,000 each year due to air pollution, it said.

If the cancer link with red meat were confirmed, diets rich in red meat could be responsible for 50,000 deaths a year worldwide, according to the Global Burden of Disease Project. (Reporting by Gus Trompiz; Editing by Andrew Callus and Dale Hudson)

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[NSTG8R]

It speaks for itself!!
World Health Organization: Processed Meats Cause Cancer
[Broken External Image]
By Gus Trompiz
Posted: 10/26/2015 07:46 AM EDT | Edited: 1 hour ago

DENDRON VIA GETTY IMAGES[Broken External Image]
By Gus Trompiz

PARIS, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans while redmeat is a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts said on Monday in findings that could sharpen debate over the merits of a meat-based diet.

The France-based International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the WHO, put processed meat such as hot dogs and ham in its group 1 list, which already includes tobacco, asbestos and diesel fumes, for which there is "sufficient evidence" of cancer links.

"For an individual, the risk of developing colorectal (bowel) cancer because of their consumption of processed meat remains small, but this risk increases with the amount ofmeat consumed," Dr Kurt Straif of the IARC said in a statement.

Red meat, under which the IARC includes beef, lamb and pork, was classified as a "probable" carcinogen in its group 2A list that also contains glyphosate, the active ingredient in many weedkillers.

The lower classification for red meat reflected "limited evidence" that it causes cancer. The IARC found links mainly with bowel cancer, as was the case for processed meat, but it also observed associations with pancreatic and prostate cancer.

The agency, whose findings on meat followed a meeting of health experts in France earlier this month, estimated each 50 gram portion of processed meat eaten daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18 percent.

The IARC, which was assessing meat for the first time and reviewed some 800 studies, does not compare the level of cancer risk associated with products in a given category, so does not suggest eating meat is as dangerous as smoking, for example.

Health policy in some countries already calls for consumers to limit intake of red and processedmeat, but the IARC said such advice to consumers was in certain cases focused on heart disease and obesity.

The preparation of the IARC's report has already prompted vigorous reactions from meat industry groups, which argue meat forms part of a balanced diet and that cancer risk assessments need to be set in a broader context of environmental and lifestyle factors.

The IARC, which does not make specific policy recommendations, cited an estimate from the Global Burden of Disease Project - an international consortium of more than 1,000 researchers - that 34,000 cancer deaths per year worldwide are attributable to diets high in processed meat.

This compares with about 1 million cancer deaths per year globally due to tobacco smoking, 600,000 a year due to alcohol consumption, and more than 200,000 each year due to air pollution, it said.

If the cancer link with red meat were confirmed, diets rich in red meat could be responsible for 50,000 deaths a year worldwide, according to the Global Burden of Disease Project. (Reporting by Gus Trompiz; Editing by Andrew Callus and Dale Hudson)

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Good find, RU! That's one fine looking plate of bacon!

 

[JEBar]

It speaks for itself!!
World Health Organization: Processed Meats Cause Cancer
[Broken External Image]
By Gus Trompiz
Posted: 10/26/2015 07:46 AM EDT | Edited: 1 hour ago

DENDRON VIA GETTY IMAGES[Broken External Image]
By Gus Trompiz

PARIS, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans while redmeat is a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts said on Monday in findings that could sharpen debate over the merits of a meat-based diet.

The France-based International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the WHO, put processed meat such as hot dogs and ham in its group 1 list, which already includes tobacco, asbestos and diesel fumes, for which there is "sufficient evidence" of cancer links.

"For an individual, the risk of developing colorectal (bowel) cancer because of their consumption of processed meat remains small, but this risk increases with the amount ofmeat consumed," Dr Kurt Straif of the IARC said in a statement.

Red meat, under which the IARC includes beef, lamb and pork, was classified as a "probable" carcinogen in its group 2A list that also contains glyphosate, the active ingredient in many weedkillers.

The lower classification for red meat reflected "limited evidence" that it causes cancer. The IARC found links mainly with bowel cancer, as was the case for processed meat, but it also observed associations with pancreatic and prostate cancer.

The agency, whose findings on meat followed a meeting of health experts in France earlier this month, estimated each 50 gram portion of processed meat eaten daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18 percent.

The IARC, which was assessing meat for the first time and reviewed some 800 studies, does not compare the level of cancer risk associated with products in a given category, so does not suggest eating meat is as dangerous as smoking, for example.

Health policy in some countries already calls for consumers to limit intake of red and processedmeat, but the IARC said such advice to consumers was in certain cases focused on heart disease and obesity.

The preparation of the IARC's report has already prompted vigorous reactions from meat industry groups, which argue meat forms part of a balanced diet and that cancer risk assessments need to be set in a broader context of environmental and lifestyle factors.

The IARC, which does not make specific policy recommendations, cited an estimate from the Global Burden of Disease Project - an international consortium of more than 1,000 researchers - that 34,000 cancer deaths per year worldwide are attributable to diets high in processed meat.

This compares with about 1 million cancer deaths per year globally due to tobacco smoking, 600,000 a year due to alcohol consumption, and more than 200,000 each year due to air pollution, it said.

If the cancer link with red meat were confirmed, diets rich in red meat could be responsible for 50,000 deaths a year worldwide, according to the Global Burden of Disease Project. (Reporting by Gus Trompiz; Editing by Andrew Callus and Dale Hudson)

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a prime example of how a headline is used as an attention getter but the following article doesn't backup the gravity .... specifically, the last 3 paragraphs

 

[NSTG8R]

The oldest woman on the planet, 115 yrs old, has eaten bacon every day of her life.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ldest-woman-116-eats-bacon-everyday/73444660/

I'll tell you what the real killer is. "Stress". So I choose to eat whatever tastes good to me, and to heck with the so-called "experts" think [this month].

In fact, I'm going to call the wife and have her pull out one of the monster rib-eyes I got from JEBar in celebration of the WHO's alleged findings.

 

[Ty]

The oldest woman on the planet, 115 yrs old, has eaten bacon every day of her life.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ldest-woman-116-eats-bacon-everyday/73444660/

I'll tell you what the real killer is. "Stress". So I choose to eat whatever tastes good to me, and to heck with the so-called "experts" think [this month].

In fact, I'm going to call the wife and have her pull out one of the monster rib-eyes I got from JEBar in celebration of the WHO's alleged findings.

Me too. Besides, there are too many people on this planet anyway. If I woke up tomorrow and half the people were gone (as long as they weren't ones I knew), I would consider that pretty good. But, I don't like people that much anyway.

 

[RUCRAYZE]

touch defensive are we?? :-), well time for my herbal tea infused with pomegranate seeds, which as we all know helps in the absorption of a rounded breakfast of tofu toast with organic, locally harvested honey!!
Hey I'm just kidding about the honey- Vegans don't abuse bees.!!!

 

[Gizmo]

How is bacon a processed meat? Hotdogs & bologna yes....bits & pieces of whatever. But bacon is sliced off a larger piece of meat. I know there is processed bacon...bits & pieces reformed into bacon like strips. But I don't eat those. They're just not the same as natural bacon.

 

[NSTG8R]

How is bacon a processed meat? Hotdogs & bologna yes....bits & pieces of whatever. But bacon is sliced off a larger piece of meat. I know there is processed bacon...bits & pieces reformed into bacon like strips. But I don't eat those. They're just not the same as natural bacon.

I agree! Their "study" is nothing but a bunch of BS (bacon slander)! I could prove water causes cancer if I want to cherry-pick data.