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Grilled

Posted at 1:40 PM on April 21, 2009 by Than Tibbetts (4 Comments)
Filed under: Health, Science

MPR's Lorna Benson reports on a new University of Minnesota study that shows eating charred or burned meat may increase your risk of pancreatic cancer by 60 percent.

Nearly four years ago (recognize the byline?) the same team showed an association between people who ate burned meats and a higher rate of pancreatic cancer, which is among the hardest cancers to detect and diagnose early and, as a result, treat successfully.

Now before we haul the Weber off to the dumpster and bang down the doors of the Food and Drug Administration with demands to start regulating barbecues, there's a simple solution for all you carnivorous News Cut readers.

As U of M researcher Kristin Anderson told me in 2005, "Just use common sense; slow down."

Which, by the way, are the two cardinal rules of barbecuing to begin with.


Comments (4)

Remember...Good sense isn't all that common nor is good barbeque.

Posted by Jake | April 21, 2009 5:06 PM


If you can't down a couple beers while it's cooking then ur doing it rong!

Posted by Jim!!! | April 21, 2009 5:43 PM


We can only grill for 3 months of the year - I think we're fine.

Posted by I'm hungry | April 21, 2009 7:52 PM


Hah, I barbecue year-round. It's a lot easier to smoke cheese when the temperature is below zero.

Posted by Barbecuer | April 22, 2009 12:08 PM


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