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  1. Chicken Dioxins, Viruses, or Antibiotics? Chicken Dioxins, Viruses, or Antibiotics? April 9, 2012

    The association between poultry and cancer may be explained by the presence in chickens’ and turkeys’ flesh of industrial carcinogens such as dioxins, oncogenic (cancer-causing) viruses, and/or the drugs that were fed to the birds.

  2. Breast Cancer Survival, Butterfat, and Chicken Breast Cancer Survival, Butterfat, and Chicken March 27, 2012

    Breast cancer survivors may reduce their chances of survival if they eat too much saturated fat, found primarily in the American diet in cheese, chicken, and junk food.

  3. Preventing Childhood Allergies Preventing Childhood Allergies December 30, 2011

    What is responsible for the rising prevalence of atopic diseases such as food allergies, asthma, hay fever, and eczema?

  4. Chicken vs. Veggie Chicken Chicken vs. Veggie Chicken February 8, 2011

    Nutritional comparison between chicken and fake chicken.

  5. Fast Food Tested for Carcinogens Fast Food Tested for Carcinogens January 6, 2011

    Chicken from seven fast food outlets were tested to see which had the highest levels of carcinogenic heterocyclic amines.

  1. Carcinogens in Roasted Coffee? Carcinogens in Roasted Coffee? January 5, 2011

    If there are carcinogens created when you roast chicken, what about roasted coffee beans?

  2. Muscle Tremors & Diet Muscle Tremors & Diet January 4, 2011

    Essential tremor, one of the most common neurological conditions, appears to be linked to meat consumption.

  3. Carcinogens in Roasted Chicken? Carcinogens in Roasted Chicken? January 3, 2011

    Our bodies are less efficient at detoxifying heterocyclic amines—carcinogens formed from cooked muscle tissue—than once believed.