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[igotthisguitar]

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Asian Street Food Causes Cancer: Study

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.

"Around 6% of our patients had various forms of stomach cancer. A surprisingly high percentage regularly had Chinese food. Even though we haven�t had any trial with the substance, it can easily be concluded that ajinomoto is a factor," he added.

Senior city medics agreed with the conclusion. "It is widely used despite warnings, and since awareness is low, people don�t bother to find out if the food is safe. I have had scores of patients who are victims of mono--sodium glutamate. If diagnosed late, stomach cancer is obviously fatal," said oncologist Subir Ganguly.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Street_Chinese_food_causes_cancer_Study/rssarticleshow/2663459.cms

[Hollywoodaction]

Dude, you're freaking out about MSG?

[demaratus]

MSG translates into the word flavor from Chinese to English.

[marlow]

I think I saw some sort of packaged food here that was actually advertising on the front that it had MSG in it, and that that was a good thing.

[Donkey Beer]

Does kimchi have msg in it?

[reactionary]

i love msg. i hated it when my health-conscious friend would try scooping it out of the shabu shabu broth.

[maeil]

[marlow]

[ryouga013]

I thought this post was going to be about the unsafe conditions of the food etc... MSG... I try not to eat it because of some of the effects it has on the brain when taken in large quantities. Not eaten often or in large amounts, not a big deal.

I still remember my shock when i went to a small import store in my hometown and I saw a bag of 100% MSG for the first time... not a common thing in my town

[hexagonsun]

Everything causes cancer nowadays.

[Rae]

[cangel]

I would think that street food would be less likely to have MSG, a flavor enhancer, than say a big restaurant. Having been to many street restaurants around the world, I have rarely seen them add anything to the food. Just a few months back there was a big stink over BBQd foods causing cancer and that seems more likely than MSG.

[visitorq]

When I lived in Bangkok the street food was abominable... crappy chicken/beef tendons fried in substandard rice (suitable for livestock feed and not much else) with msg, and topped off with nasty spicy fermented fish sauce... ugh. It`s gotta be carcinogenic (and if nothing else sitting outside breathing the toxic diesel fumes while you eat is).

[Toon Army]

just been to Japan and it`s been all over the new recently about some kid dying after eating imported Chinese mandu.......

[TheChickenLover]

Street food has long been generally bad for your health. Not surprsing to me that it could cause cancer. Street vendors would sell you bottles of poison if they could make money off it. Wait...they actually already do that in China



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