Re: Should one avoid smoked spices and smoked foods in general?

[Guest guest]

Ya. Good question! Been raised previously (of course). I used to eat sardines with a " liquid smoke flavoring " additive. Delicious, but....Yes, likely fairly slight but real risk as AFAIK,all smoke flavorings and smoked foods

get their distinctive flavor from, in partpolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Although, if ya keep these flavorings as onlyan occasional taste treat, yer likely runningminimal risk, it's a risk factor greater than zero,AFAICT.YMMV. The FDA still approves these products, and the EU has established guidelinesand testing requirements for contentand toxicity. Nonetheless....On 3/12/07,

orb85750 <orb85750@...> wrote:

Years ago I had heard that one should avoid smoked foods. I don't know

whether that is due to the type of foods that normally are smoked (such

as meats) or due to the smoked flavor itself. I like to use some

smoked spices, since they add tons of flavor to vegetables, etc. Is

anyone aware of any studies indicating that such smoked flavor is

unhealthy?

Thanks,

-Dave

[Guest guest]

Hi Dave:

Well carbon black is a known carcinogen (and is produced by

combustion); cigarette smoke causes lung and possibly other

(pancreatic for example) cancers; car exhaust fumes cause cancer;

fumes from cooking oils appear to expain high rates of lung cancer in

non-smoking chinese women (source previously posted here); ....... so

I forgo drinking Lapsang Souchong tea and eating smoked oysters

because I suspect, delicious though they are, they are probably

harmful.

It seems that combustion products in general, and also even perhaps

some types of foods cooked at high heat without obvious combustion

(acrylamide, previously discussed here) seem to be a problem.

Do I know of studies that tested 'smoke flavor' products

specifically? No.

I would be positively delighted if someone could produce studies

showing that Lapsang Souchong tea extends maximum lifespan ;; ^ )))

Rodney.

>

> Years ago I had heard that one should avoid smoked foods. I don't

know

> whether that is due to the type of foods that normally are smoked

(such

> as meats) or due to the smoked flavor itself. I like to use some

> smoked spices, since they add tons of flavor to vegetables, etc. Is

> anyone aware of any studies indicating that such smoked flavor is

> unhealthy?

>

> Thanks,

> -Dave

>

[Guest guest]

Teriyaki works wonders as a marinade for barbecue meat. And we're not talking about recipes here.

That advice comes from the etiology program of the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii in Honolulu, as reported in Nutrition and Cancer.

Researchers

compared the levels of heterocyclic aromatic amines, or HAAs -- the

cancer-causing chemicals that form during high-temperature cooking --

in plain meat, meat that was marinated in teriyaki sauce, and meat that

was marinated overnight in a honey barbecue sauce.

The meat

marinated in teriyaki had the lowest levels of HAAs, about half that of

the unmarinated meat. And the meat that marinated in barbecue sauce had

almost twice the HAA levels as the unmarinated meat.

On 3/13/07, Rodney <perspect1111@...> wrote:

Hi Dave:

Well carbon black is a known carcinogen (and is produced by

combustion); cigarette smoke causes lung and possibly other

(pancreatic for example) cancers; car exhaust fumes cause cancer;

fumes from cooking oils appear to expain high rates of lung cancer in

non-smoking chinese women (source previously posted here); ....... so

I forgo drinking Lapsang Souchong tea and eating smoked oysters

because I suspect, delicious though they are, they are probably

harmful.

It seems that combustion products in general, and also even perhaps

some types of foods cooked at high heat without obvious combustion

(acrylamide, previously discussed here) seem to be a problem.

Do I know of studies that tested 'smoke flavor' products

specifically? No.

I would be positively delighted if someone could produce studies

showing that Lapsang Souchong tea extends maximum lifespan ;; ^ )))

Rodney.