Re: Alphonso mangoes may cause cancer ....... Please read if you are eating mangoes.

[Guest guest]

Please post a link to pictures of Alphonso Mangoes.

sunilrsangle wrote:

>The Alphonso Mangoes from coastal region of Maharashtra called Konkan in India

are famous all over the world. We call them " Hapus " .

> ...The farmers here they use a Growth hormone called Kartar in local language

for speedy pro-duction. The story does not end here, they use uncontrolled

amount of pesticides....

> Calcium carbide, used to ripen mangoes, is extremely hazardous and can have

short-term as well as long-term health effects. Calcium carbide contains traces

of arsenic and phosphorus. Once dissolved in water, it produces acetylene gas

that affects the neurological system result-ing in headache, dizziness, mood

disturbances, sleepiness, mental confusion and seizures on a short-term basis,

while it can in the long term cause memory loss and cerebral oedema....

> Recently I met a naturopathic doctor in Bombay who told me that

> usually there is a rise in Liver/Pancreatic cancer patients in month of

January/February....

> I request you all do not put your health at risk. If you like mangoes

> then please eat other not so popular and commercialized varieties of

> mangoes like Payari, badami, raywal, totapuri…

> We have lot of them…and trust me they taste equally good…..

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'll stick with local Florida Mangoes, however, it seems we should have a

bit more 'source' information because we do not really know which Mangoes

are treated in this fashion and not even whether or not the Alphonso type is

as bad as claimed. At this point I suspect all varieties because if profit

is in the mix? Expect the worse.

Joe C.

[Guest guest]

While i'm all for capitalism and free enterprise, I'm beginning to wonder if

pharmaceuticals, medical, and FOOD industries should be regulated and big

brothered by the government. the greed factor appears to corrupt and

conflict with value/benefit of the people they serve - especially in such

critical ways... OUR FOOD AND HEALTH CARE!

but i suppose there are other " goodies " that come w/big brothering those

industries too. <sigh> FUN...

Kelvin

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:15 PM, JCastron1 <jcastron1@...> wrote:

> I'll stick with local Florida Mangoes, however, it seems we should have a

> bit more 'source' information because we do not really know which Mangoes

> are treated in this fashion and not even whether or not the Alphonso type

> is

> as bad as claimed. At this point I suspect all varieties because if

> profit

> is in the mix? Expect the worse.

>

> Joe C.

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you India for caring to alert us Americans about the mangos. Mangos are

too high glycemic anyway and should be avoided by most cancer patients. But if

indeed I get in remission again, and have a craving for one and decide to eat

one, I will definitely buy organic only. I wonder what kind the frozen

non-organic ones at Trader Joes are from?