Friday, November 30

 
Cooked Breakfast Leads to Cancer?

Hot off the ether from the BBC: The morning fry-up has been linked to cancer of the esophagus in British women. Bad for you: eggs, bacon (AKA eggs 'n bake), sausage (AKA bangers), and a hot cuppa tea. Better for you: cereal and fruit. Guess those fabled English breakfasts are on their way out. The photo accompanying the story shows what from this American perspective is an unappetizing combination of cooked meats on buns. Apparently, esophageal cancer is more prevalent among British women than among their European sisters. As bad as the cooked breakfast can be, the worst thing you can do is to skip it altogether and gulp down a steaming cup of tea, because the hot tea damages the esophagus' lining. As I read it, the culprit isn't necessarily the morning fry-up but the hot tea that accompanies it more often than it goes a light, cold breakfast.
posted by Unknown 9:23 AM