RE: caffeine and skin cancer and carcinogens

[Guest guest]

That's probably it. News release I saw referenced skin cancer in mice, caffeine, and green tea.

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An update on the acrylamide situation (Science News 8/24/02) suggests there is still much work to be done before we can assess the true risk from this potential carcinogen but in the meanwhile the worst case foods are;

French fries 85-3,897 uG/KG

breakfast cereals 30-2,300

low-calorie crackers 70-2,000

While they didn't offer much detail, potato chips were the worst offenders at 3,800 uG/KG.

JR

-----Original Message-----From: Alan Pater [mailto:apater@...]Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [ ] caffeine and skin cancer

Hi All,

About all I could come up with was:

Lu YP, Lou YR, Lin Y, Shih WJ, Huang MT, Yang CS, Conney AH. Inhibitory effects of orally administered green tea, black tea, and caffeine on skin carcinogenesis in mice previously treated with ultraviolet B light (high-risk mice): relationship to decreased tissue fat.Cancer Res. 2001 Jul 1;61(13):5002-9.PMID: 11431333 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Maybe CR works this way, by reducing fat? Ultraviolet light simulates the sun-associated risk.

Cheers, Al.

-----Original Message-----From: Francesca Skelton [mailto:fskelton@...]Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:38 AMsupport groupSubject: [ ] caffeine and skin cancerI heard a news clip last nite that caffeine may have some beneficial effectregarding the prevention of skin cancer. Al Pater: is there anything inthe literature?I'm beginning to feel that caffeine is one of those foods depicted in themovie "Sleeper" where a modern day Rip Van Winkle is brought back to lifeto discover that foods once declared "bad" are really "good".