No such association of red meat and colon cancer is found in Japan.
However, the Japanese eat only about 1/3 the amount of red meat as is
typically consumed in the US and Europe. Plus, in the Japanese
population, there is an inverse association between colon cancer and
relatively higher consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids (means
eating more fish may be protective). YMMV.
BBQ? In the southern US BBQ means very, very slow cooking under the low
heat of wood fire embers. For most everybody else I think it means
rapid cooking by grilling under high head.
Chuck Norcutt
Brian Swale wrote:
> All this talk about steak-houses, beef and BBQ's has me slightly bemused.
>
> Crazes (fads) that I just don't understand :-).
>
> It's well known that red meat is a prime cause of colon cancer, so I tend to
> avoid it; if I do cook beef, I cut it into fine short strips and make a
> stir-fry.
> That way, with the stir-fried vegetables it constitutes no more than about
> 30% by volume, and is also cooked right through. Or I make a stew.
>
> My dad had three kinds of colon cancer, and due to that had a colostomy for
> the 20 years of his life before he died; he was one of the first colostomy
> operations in NZ. Had he lived much longer he might well have been one of
> the first colostomy reversal operation patients.
>
> As for un-cooked meat !! Feed it to the dogs! (unless it's mutton, when such
> feeding is illegal here as a consequence of hydatids once being prevalent).
>
> I've moved into a household that does have a BBQ, but I won't encourage
> using it. In my experience, BBQ's result in more ruination of good food than
> any cooking process I'm aware of!
>
> Rant over !
>
> Brian Swale.
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