Foods Burned Cause Cancer, Myth or Fact

Another myth about cancer circulating in the community is that food that is burned can trigger cancer. Is this myth true or not?

Chairman of the Indonesian Cancer Foundation (YKI), Prof. Dr. dr Aru Wicaksono Sudoyo, SpPD-KHOM, said the food that was burned did not trigger cancer. Because it is not the charcoal that causes cancer cells. But what materials are burned. If chicken or fish is burned even burnt though, it does not trigger cancer.

Then what food can be burned cause cancer? According to the man who also served as Chairman of the Association of Oncology Indonesia (POI) foodstuffs such as red meat that can cause cancer if burned to long. Red meat when heated will issue heterocyclic amunes. This is the substance that makes cancer.

"It's not charcoal that makes cancer, but red meat that is heated to black is what makes cancer.If chicken or grilled fish does not matter," he said in a press conference Betadine Retro Run in Jakarta, some time ago.

Coconut Oil Help Prevent Alzheimer's , Myth or Fact

Coconut oil has been used since hundreds of years ago . Besides its use as a cooking oil , coconut oil is also known to have good effects on health , including preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease .
Alzheimer's is a disease that attacks the brain , causing cognitive decline in the ability to smooth muscle . So sufferers also experience a significant decrease in quality of life .
According to Dr. Manny Alvarez , health practitioners from New York University School of Medicine in the United States , producing the kind of coconut oil fatty acid called kaprilik . The fat is then broken down into substances called ketone bodies .
Ketone bodies that later becomes an alternative energy source for brain cells that have lost the ability to use glucose as a source of nutrition . " That is a theory that may explain the benefits of coconut oil as a deterrent of Alzheimer's , " said Alvarez .