Category Archives: Heterocyclic Amines

The Balance of Cooking

Humans are the only organisms that deliberately cook their food for taste and nourishment reasons. Cooking can take many forms including boiling, roasting, grilling and microwaving. The psychology of cooking food is interesting as clearly there is some comfort derived … Continue reading

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The Western Diet: Refined Junk

Low quality diets are increasingly being seen as the cause of Western lifestyle diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. In contrast, high quality traditional diets are protective of disease. Studying the changes that occur as population … Continue reading

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Red Meat Associated with Renal Cancer

Evidence linking red meat consumption to disease is controversial because studies have been inconsistent in their findings. For example, while some studies show an association between high intakes of red meat and cancer, other studies show no such association. The … Continue reading

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