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Street Chinese Food and Cancer

31-Dec-2007 by foodreporter

Do you like street chinese food? Then be alert street chinese food increases the risk of getting cancer. for detail read this news story.....

KOLKATA: Hooked on Chinese cuisine? Make sure your favourite dish isn't killing you slowly. An increasing number of people here are falling prey to stomach cancer induced by carcinogenic monosodium glutamate (ajinomoto) -- a common ingredient in Chinese food.

A study conducted by the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer Research Institute has concluded that the substance -- declared unsafe for consumption by WHO in 2004 -- is still rampantly used and consumed in the city. NSCBCRI carried out the study on 134 patients admitted in its hospital with stomach cancer this year.

A retrospective history of the patients revealed many of them were addicted to Chinese food. "Nearly half of those with stomach, rectal and colon cancer were regular consumers of Chinese food, mostly from middle--rung or low--end restaurants, which hardly conform to health safety standards. Tests showed that most had ulcers, which can be linked to mono--sodium glutamate," said NSCBCRI medical director Ashish Mukhopadhyay.

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Ganesh Dutta says :

really it is alarming to know that street chinese food increses the risk of cancer.

Posted on: 2 January 2008 - 12:27pm

Snigdha says :

From Wiki Ajinomoto is the name of a company which discovered Mono-sodium glutamte. So Ajinomoto and MSG are same products. A 1995 FDA-commissioned report acknowledged that "An unknown percentage of the population may react to MSG and develop MSG symptom complex, a condition characterized by one or more of the following symptoms: burning sensation in the back of the neck, forearms and chest numbness in the back of the neck, radiating to the arms and back tingling, warmth and weakness in the face, temples, upper back, neck and arms facial pressure or tightness chest pain headache nausea rapid heartbeat bronchospasm (difficulty breathing) in MSG-intolerant people with asthma drowsiness weakness. Issues surrounding these health implications of MSG consumption are the subject of much debate. A considerable body of anecdotal evidence exists suggesting negative health effects.

Posted on: 2 January 2008 - 9:55pm