Yesterday, foreign and Hong Kong media reported that the Center for Science in the American public (CSPI) released a research report, said the Coca-Cola and Pepsi and other beverages are widely used in food should be strictly prohibit the use of caramel, because these substances is very may be carcinogenic. In response, Coca-Cola said its caramel color used by the company and does not cause cancer.
According to yesterday, the British "Daily Mail", Hong Kong, "Lianhe Zaobao" and other reports, CSPI noted that Coca-Cola and Pepsi contained in a component may lead to cancer risk, should be "disabled." They raised concerns about the ingredient is a synthetic pigment --- caramel brown. The researchers pointed out that this pigment can lead to thousands of people suffering from cancer.
CSPI noted that this artificial caramel coloring, and use at home to cook a pan melt the sugar into caramel different, it is made of sugar, ammonia and nitrite in the chemical reaction under high pressure and temperature from the process, will produce 2-MI, and 4-MI of two chemicals. U.S. researchers found that 2-MI, and 4-MI in mice caused lung cancer, liver cancer, thyroid cancer or leukemia. CSPI urged the Food and Drug Administration, should be prohibited in the dark drink the use of ammonia caramel, soft drinks obesity is a major health threat to patients. Sugar and ammonia will produce a chemical reaction caused by carcinogens, and lead to cancer-causing thousands of Americans.
In response, this response to yesterday's Coca-Cola China, said: "Our drinks are completely safe."
"CSPI is irresponsible drinks in a statement questioned our use of caramel in the security, and no reason to provoke consumer concern about cancer. In fact studies have shown that our products will not be used in caramel cause cancer. "side said Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola contains only a reference to the compound by CSPI quality, the quality of this compound occurs in the cooking" browning reaction "(a common food discoloration), which substances in many foods and beverages contain.
In addition, yesterday responded to the American Beverage Association also said there is no evidence that the caramel compounds can lead to human cancer.
2011-02-18
2011-02-10
Alert! Fifteen of the appearance of smoking hazards! part 1
A lot of smoke damage to health. In the mirror, you can see it! If you smoke, must have known the need for smoking cessation. Smoking harm your heart, lungs, brain and even sex life. We are saying is: if the more significant consequences of smoking, you will sooner get rid of this bad habit. Assuming that one cigarette will make you face raw spots it? Yes, smoking is indeed ugly to look at smoking disfigured fifteen ways.
Bags under the eyes
Not Anqin night sleep, wake up to see huge bags under the eyes, students can not get mad it?
Research shows that smokers reported poor quality sleep at night four times the risk of non-smokers. Why is hard to sleep? Nicotine withdrawal may lead to tossing and turning at night. Unfortunately, poor sleep and good-looking missed.
Wrinkles and premature aging of Health
The face of old people will appreciate it? For the oldest old beloved elderly, the answer is yes. However, if the wrinkles in relatively young smokers students face, that it is not wisdom. And this is not a hypothesis. Experts unanimously found that smoking accelerated aging, the average speaking, smokers non-smokers looks older than age 1.4 years old.
Why Early wrinkles? Smoking hinders blood supply, also undermined the appearance of skin elasticity of organizational health.
Sparse hair
Not enough if wrinkled, smoking will also damage the hair. Experts believe that toxic chemicals in smoke can harm hair follicles in the DNA, while generating free radicals damage cells.
Consequences? Smokers than non-smokers to be scarce hair, and quickly dimmed, if they left the words of the hair.
In 2007 a study conducted in Taiwan showed that taking into account other factors increase the risk of baldness, such as aging and gene under the premise of male hair loss risk than non-smokers, smokers twice.
Bags under the eyes
Not Anqin night sleep, wake up to see huge bags under the eyes, students can not get mad it?
Research shows that smokers reported poor quality sleep at night four times the risk of non-smokers. Why is hard to sleep? Nicotine withdrawal may lead to tossing and turning at night. Unfortunately, poor sleep and good-looking missed.
Wrinkles and premature aging of Health
The face of old people will appreciate it? For the oldest old beloved elderly, the answer is yes. However, if the wrinkles in relatively young smokers students face, that it is not wisdom. And this is not a hypothesis. Experts unanimously found that smoking accelerated aging, the average speaking, smokers non-smokers looks older than age 1.4 years old.
Why Early wrinkles? Smoking hinders blood supply, also undermined the appearance of skin elasticity of organizational health.
Sparse hair
Not enough if wrinkled, smoking will also damage the hair. Experts believe that toxic chemicals in smoke can harm hair follicles in the DNA, while generating free radicals damage cells.
Consequences? Smokers than non-smokers to be scarce hair, and quickly dimmed, if they left the words of the hair.
In 2007 a study conducted in Taiwan showed that taking into account other factors increase the risk of baldness, such as aging and gene under the premise of male hair loss risk than non-smokers, smokers twice.
2011-01-30
15 early symptoms of cancer, do you know? part 2
Men and women should be noted:
1. Breast lumps. When women find the breast skin redness, lumps, will exceptionally careful. Non-lactating women, nipple retraction, and often out of the liquid, but also a bad signal. For men, if the breast skin wrinkling, shrinkage or asymmetrical nipples, nipple size and shape of changes, breast swelling, lumps appear, are inflammation of the performance of the nipple is breast cancer symptoms.
2. Pain. With increasing age, pain will increase. However, certain parts of the body and inexplicable pain for more than a week, find out the cause as soon as possible, because the reason the pain may be signs of cancer. For example, long-term pain is a symptom of colorectal cancer, chest pain may be caused by lung cancer, bone pain may be symptoms of cancer metastasis.
3. Lymph node changes. Experts point out that no matter which part of the body, especially the axillary lymph nodes or Jingbo appears, must not be taken lightly. If the lymph nodes is increasing steadily, more than 1 month, it is likely that the symptoms of breast cancer or brain cancer.
4. Fever. Fever usually caused by influenza, pneumonia, or inflammation caused by other, however, unexplained fever, it could be a dangerous sign. American Cancer Society, said the spread of cancer to other body organs, usually results in fever. Lymphoma, leukemia and other blood cancer also have a fever. Need to examine include: X-ray chest, CT scan, MRI and so on.
5. Weight inexplicably reduced. You can lose weight without strenuous indeed gratifying, but if neither increase physical activity within one month, was not any reduction of diet, body weight decreased by 10% but somehow, you should consult a doctor immediately. Sharp decline in body weight, anorexia, recurrent diarrhea and constipation are the most common form of lung, stomach, kidney cancer and colorectal cancer symptoms for women may also be hyperthyroidism.
6. Continued abdominal pain and with depression. If persistent pain and abdominal symptoms associated with depression, most likely with pancreatic cancer. Experts found significant relationship between depression and pancreatic cancer. Other symptoms include: jaundice or abnormal stool was gray.
7. Fatigue. In general, the feeling of fatigue, is a sign of cancer have been developed, but for leukemia, colon cancer and gastric cancer, it may be the early onset of fatigue. Cancer fatigue and general fatigue what is the difference? General fatigue rest will disappear, and no matter how off the fatigue of cancer, will find it difficult to improve.
8. Coughing. Unexplained persistent cough if more than 3-4 weeks, you should see a doctor promptly, it may be a sign of lung cancer or throat cancer.
9. Dysphagia. Long-term swallowing difficulties may be laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer and stomach cancer symptoms, it should be as early as possible chest X-ray or gastroscopy. The so-called dysphagia, generally refers to chest pain when eating, esophageal foreign body sensation, even if some people do not eat, food will feel like a wall of leaves, debris or grain-like material attached, will feel after swallowing the food under the food down slow, or even stay in the esophagus.
10. Skin changes. Mass or the sudden appearance of skin pigmentation, and changes significantly, may be a sign of skin cancer was observed after a few weeks should seek medical care immediately. In addition, both young and old, once a sudden hemorrhage or abnormal skin peeling off, it should see a doctor.
11. Abnormal bleeding. Blood in the stool in addition to hemorrhoids, the symptoms of colorectal cancer is likely to be necessary, should accept the colon cancer screening colonoscopy. In the elderly over the age of 40, in addition to women outside the menstrual period, such as painless hematuria or dysuria should be wary of bladder cancer or kidney cancer. In addition to colorectal cancer than blood in the stool, if tumor growth near the anus may also occur thinning stool, increased frequency and other symptoms, or even cause bowel problems.
12. Oral changes. Smokers should pay special attention to the oral cavity and tongue, white patches appear, which may be a precursor to oral cancer --- leukoplakia.
13. Indigestion. Men (especially older men) and women (excluding pregnancy) for a long time unexplained persistent indigestion may be esophageal cancer, laryngeal cancer, stomach cancer symptoms.
With the progress and development of medicine for cancer treatment has been expanded from a simple surgical treatment to chemotherapy, radiation therapy, biological therapy and combination therapy in many ways, a lot of 5-year survival rate of malignant tumors has increased every year, and the quality of life also significantly improved the prognosis for most patients as healthy people can live a normal life, work and study. But these good results will depend on the treatment of cancer, early detection and standardized treatment.
1. Breast lumps. When women find the breast skin redness, lumps, will exceptionally careful. Non-lactating women, nipple retraction, and often out of the liquid, but also a bad signal. For men, if the breast skin wrinkling, shrinkage or asymmetrical nipples, nipple size and shape of changes, breast swelling, lumps appear, are inflammation of the performance of the nipple is breast cancer symptoms.
2. Pain. With increasing age, pain will increase. However, certain parts of the body and inexplicable pain for more than a week, find out the cause as soon as possible, because the reason the pain may be signs of cancer. For example, long-term pain is a symptom of colorectal cancer, chest pain may be caused by lung cancer, bone pain may be symptoms of cancer metastasis.
3. Lymph node changes. Experts point out that no matter which part of the body, especially the axillary lymph nodes or Jingbo appears, must not be taken lightly. If the lymph nodes is increasing steadily, more than 1 month, it is likely that the symptoms of breast cancer or brain cancer.
4. Fever. Fever usually caused by influenza, pneumonia, or inflammation caused by other, however, unexplained fever, it could be a dangerous sign. American Cancer Society, said the spread of cancer to other body organs, usually results in fever. Lymphoma, leukemia and other blood cancer also have a fever. Need to examine include: X-ray chest, CT scan, MRI and so on.
5. Weight inexplicably reduced. You can lose weight without strenuous indeed gratifying, but if neither increase physical activity within one month, was not any reduction of diet, body weight decreased by 10% but somehow, you should consult a doctor immediately. Sharp decline in body weight, anorexia, recurrent diarrhea and constipation are the most common form of lung, stomach, kidney cancer and colorectal cancer symptoms for women may also be hyperthyroidism.
6. Continued abdominal pain and with depression. If persistent pain and abdominal symptoms associated with depression, most likely with pancreatic cancer. Experts found significant relationship between depression and pancreatic cancer. Other symptoms include: jaundice or abnormal stool was gray.
7. Fatigue. In general, the feeling of fatigue, is a sign of cancer have been developed, but for leukemia, colon cancer and gastric cancer, it may be the early onset of fatigue. Cancer fatigue and general fatigue what is the difference? General fatigue rest will disappear, and no matter how off the fatigue of cancer, will find it difficult to improve.
8. Coughing. Unexplained persistent cough if more than 3-4 weeks, you should see a doctor promptly, it may be a sign of lung cancer or throat cancer.
9. Dysphagia. Long-term swallowing difficulties may be laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer and stomach cancer symptoms, it should be as early as possible chest X-ray or gastroscopy. The so-called dysphagia, generally refers to chest pain when eating, esophageal foreign body sensation, even if some people do not eat, food will feel like a wall of leaves, debris or grain-like material attached, will feel after swallowing the food under the food down slow, or even stay in the esophagus.
10. Skin changes. Mass or the sudden appearance of skin pigmentation, and changes significantly, may be a sign of skin cancer was observed after a few weeks should seek medical care immediately. In addition, both young and old, once a sudden hemorrhage or abnormal skin peeling off, it should see a doctor.
11. Abnormal bleeding. Blood in the stool in addition to hemorrhoids, the symptoms of colorectal cancer is likely to be necessary, should accept the colon cancer screening colonoscopy. In the elderly over the age of 40, in addition to women outside the menstrual period, such as painless hematuria or dysuria should be wary of bladder cancer or kidney cancer. In addition to colorectal cancer than blood in the stool, if tumor growth near the anus may also occur thinning stool, increased frequency and other symptoms, or even cause bowel problems.
12. Oral changes. Smokers should pay special attention to the oral cavity and tongue, white patches appear, which may be a precursor to oral cancer --- leukoplakia.
13. Indigestion. Men (especially older men) and women (excluding pregnancy) for a long time unexplained persistent indigestion may be esophageal cancer, laryngeal cancer, stomach cancer symptoms.
With the progress and development of medicine for cancer treatment has been expanded from a simple surgical treatment to chemotherapy, radiation therapy, biological therapy and combination therapy in many ways, a lot of 5-year survival rate of malignant tumors has increased every year, and the quality of life also significantly improved the prognosis for most patients as healthy people can live a normal life, work and study. But these good results will depend on the treatment of cancer, early detection and standardized treatment.
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