Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Cancer boost from whole carrots

The anti-cancer properties of carrots are more potent if the vegetable is not cut up before cooking, research shows.

Scientists found "boiled before cut" carrots contained 25% more of the anti-cancer compound falcarinol than those chopped up first.
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26 comments:

  1. vzaJune 17, 2009 at 7:19 AM

    Wow!! This makes sense.

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  2. MaracatuJune 17, 2009 at 7:32 AM

    Too bad carrots are high in oxalates.

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  3. Jemmy HopeJune 17, 2009 at 7:45 AM

    Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyone who has lived as long as me will have heard at some stage concerning everything they eat and drink:
    a) that it is good for their health
    b) that it is bad for their health
     
    Only recently have we been learning that certain foodstuffs PREVENT CANCER. I predict that within five years we will be told that carrots cause cancer.

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  4. vJune 17, 2009 at 7:58 AM

    Only 4 inch carrots produce cancer...lol

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  5. vzaJune 17, 2009 at 7:58 AM

    Funny but true. Remember eggs? Coffee?

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  6. thankgodimatheistJune 17, 2009 at 3:39 PM

    I learned a while ago to never trust without scrutiny claims Scientists make for which ever reason that has nothing to do with science. The New Scientist has this unpleasent and the slightly dishonest habit of drawing conclusion in the titles but when you read the article you discover that the claim is merely a probability!! It infuriates me!

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  7. thankgodimatheistJune 17, 2009 at 3:42 PM

    I learned a while ago to never trust without scrutiny claims Scientists make for which ever reason( Either for attention, media coverage or and fundings and grants) that has nothing to do with science. The New Scientist has this unpleasent and the very irritating habit of drawing conclusions in the titles but when you read the article you discover that the alleged claim is merely a probability!! It infuriates me!

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  8. thankgodimatheistJune 17, 2009 at 3:49 PM

    Thanks for this Mara. I wasn't aware of the potential harm caused by oxalates. I eat a LOT of carrots(raw) and as it seems oxalates could cause kidney disease!! My dad died of kidney disease!!!


    "Oxalates are naturally-occurring substances found in plants, animals, and in humans. In chemical terms, oxalates belong to a group of molecules called organic acids, and are routinely made by plants, animals, and humans. Our bodies always contain oxalates, and our cells routinely convert other substances into oxalates. For example, vitamin C is one of the substances that our cells routinely convert into oxalates. In addition to the oxalates that are made inside of our body, oxalates can arrive at our body from the outside, from certain foods that contain thehttp://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=george&dbid=48m."

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  9. thankgodimatheistJune 17, 2009 at 3:50 PM

    Thanks for this Mara. I wasn't aware of the potential harm caused by oxalates. I eat a LOT of carrots(raw) and as it seems oxalates could cause kidney disease!! My dad died of kidney disease!!! 
     
    "Oxalates are naturally-occurring substances found in plants, animals, and in humans. In chemical terms, oxalates belong to a group of molecules called organic acids, and are routinely made by plants, animals, and humans. Our bodies always contain oxalates, and our cells routinely convert other substances into oxalates. For example, vitamin C is one of the substances that our cells routinely convert into oxalates. In addition to the oxalates that are made inside of our body, oxalates can arrive at our body from the outside, from certain foods that contain them."
    http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=george&dbid=48m."

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  10. thankgodimatheistJune 17, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    Thanks for this Mara. I wasn't aware of the potential harm caused by oxalates. I eat a LOT of carrots(raw) and as it seems oxalates could cause kidney disease!! My dad died of kidney disease!!!(I know it's only a CLAIM but worth scrutinising!) 
      
    "Oxalates are naturally-occurring substances found in plants, animals, and in humans. In chemical terms, oxalates belong to a group of molecules called organic acids, and are routinely made by plants, animals, and humans. Our bodies always contain oxalates, and our cells routinely convert other substances into oxalates. For example, vitamin C is one of the substances that our cells routinely convert into oxalates. In addition to the oxalates that are made inside of our body, oxalates can arrive at our body from the outside, from certain foods that contain them." 
    http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=george&dbid=48m.
    "

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  11. thankgodimatheistJune 17, 2009 at 3:53 PM

    Remember Joe Jackson? Everythiiiiing gives you cancer. Anythiiiing gives you cancer? !!

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  12. thankgodimatheistJune 17, 2009 at 4:02 PM

    Here it is...Magnificent!!

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  13. thankgodimatheistJune 17, 2009 at 4:05 PM

    <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UYIUYzbYeKA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UYIUYzbYeKA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

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  14. thankgodimatheistJune 17, 2009 at 4:06 PM

    Here it is:

    <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UYIUYzbYeKA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allows
    <div class="js-singleCommentText">criptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UYIUYzbYeKA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div>

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  15. vzaJune 17, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    Funny.
    Here's someone who listened to Joe:



    <h1>Everything gives you cancer</h1>

    tp://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2001/sep/06/medicalscience.healthandwellbeing

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  16. vzaJune 17, 2009 at 4:25 PM

    Funny. 
    Here's someone who listened to Joe: 
     
    Everything gives you cancer
     
    tp://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2001/sep/06/medicalscien
    <div class="js-singleCommentText">ce.healthandwellbeing</div>

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  17. vzaJune 17, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    Funny.  
    Here's someone who listened to Joe:  
      
    Everything gives you cancer
     
     http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2001/sep/06/medicalscience.healthandwellbeing

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  18. mollyJune 17, 2009 at 5:22 PM

    You big angry carrot eating Arab.  

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  19. vzaJune 17, 2009 at 7:58 PM

    off-topic, but unusual news
    <h1>Syrian dissident receives rare acquittal</h1>




    http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2009/06/17/syrian_dissident_receives_rare_acquittal/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+news

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  20. vzaJune 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM

    <h1>Syrian dissident receives rare acquittal</h1>


    http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2009/06/17/syrian_dissident_receives_rare_acquittal/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+news

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  21. vzaJune 18, 2009 at 5:34 AM

    <h1>New Glimpses of Life’s Puzzling Origins</h1>





    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/science/16orig.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

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  22. vzaJune 18, 2009 at 5:35 AM

    New Glimpses of Life’s Puzzling Origins
     
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/science/16orig.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

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  23. MarionJune 18, 2009 at 7:41 AM

    Just goes to show that too much of any one thing(even healthy things) is probably not healthy...Moderation is the key to everything...

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  24. DancingOpossumJune 18, 2009 at 9:21 AM

    Last night I ate a big salad with veggies from my garden. I have always planted flowers but this is my first year doing vegetables and I'm still quite amazed by the fact that those tiny, fragile, barely-visible little seedlings a month ago are now big hearty plants producing actual food!! That I can eat!! My head is still kinda spinning from it..

    Now if I could only get some chickens (I buy fresh free-range eggs from a farm down the road and I literally can no longer taste store-bought eggs) and a couple of goats, I would be all set.

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  25. vzaJune 18, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    It is a great feeling but I had to give up vegetable gardening. Where I live, the squirrels rule and they eat or damage everything edible. Finally, after several years of battling with them, I told them they had won and now I grow roses, perennials, herbs and espaliered apples and pears. The squirels still pull off the apples and pears, take one bite, and leave them to rot.

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  26. DancingOpossumJune 19, 2009 at 7:59 AM

    I'm sorry to hear of your war with the squirrels...Actually I was warned that they and the bunnies would devour everything in my garden but so far, so good. I grow clover and wild strawberries in the backyard, and also put out bird and critter food, in hopes of diverting the beasties from my own eats, but I know the squirrels can be voracious. And my cats can catch anything except those furry-tailed devils...

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