Health Canada seeks input on adding anti-cancer drug to junk food.
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Health Canada seeks input on adding anti-cancer drug to junk food.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091222/health/health_cancer_drug_food
OTTAWA - Ottawa wants to know what you think about its unusual proposal to put a cancer-fighting drug into junk food.
Health Canada is inviting public comments until February 21 on its idea to have small amounts of the enzyme asparaginase put into foods like potato chips and french fries. On its website, Health Canada says its scientists have finished a detailed safety assessment on the enzyme and haven't found any health or safety concerns.
At issue is the chemical acrylamide, which is found as a cooking byproduct in the production of foods like french fries and potato chips and has been linked to cancer in animals.
Research suggests asparaginase reduces acrylamide production.
Health Canada notes the enzyme is used in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and Denmark, and has been given a favourable evaluation by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives.
OTTAWA - Ottawa wants to know what you think about its unusual proposal to put a cancer-fighting drug into junk food.
Health Canada is inviting public comments until February 21 on its idea to have small amounts of the enzyme asparaginase put into foods like potato chips and french fries. On its website, Health Canada says its scientists have finished a detailed safety assessment on the enzyme and haven't found any health or safety concerns.
At issue is the chemical acrylamide, which is found as a cooking byproduct in the production of foods like french fries and potato chips and has been linked to cancer in animals.
Research suggests asparaginase reduces acrylamide production.
Health Canada notes the enzyme is used in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and Denmark, and has been given a favourable evaluation by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives.
Re: Health Canada seeks input on adding anti-cancer drug to junk food.
A interesting thread, but why put medicines in Junk Food. Food like McDonalds actually create the health problems in the first place.
Lady Tis-Shine- Posts : 1773
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Re: Health Canada seeks input on adding anti-cancer drug to junk food.
OMFG, they never stop, do they!
http://www.pfeist.net/ALL/asparaginase.html
http://www.pfeist.net/ALL/asparaginase.html
<Okay now guys . . . what do you NOT run to the health food store to feed the chemo kids? That's right, asparagine!>
Asparaginase does not occur naturally in humans, but it is found in bacteria, plants, and many animals, including guinea pigs. Asparaginase for chemotherapy is usually isolated from cultures of E. Coli bacteria. Another form is isolated from Erwinia; the Erwinia form has both advantages (can cause less of an allergic reaction) and disadvantages (might not be as active, is sometimes difficult to obtain from the manufacturer). Another common form is PEG-asparaginase; this is the E-coli enzyme stabilized with polyethylene glycol (PEG). PEG asparaginase might be more effective than the plain asparaginase. PEG asparaginase has a longer "half life" in the body and thus does not have to be given on the Mon-Wed-Fri schedule used for E. Coli asparaginase (fewer doses are necessary). PEG asparaginase also causes fewer allergic reactions. All three forms of asparaginase were used and compared in ALL trials in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Asparaginase was "discovered" about 35 years ago. They found that guinea pig serum (Kidd) suppressed the growth of lymphosarcomas in mice; asparaginase was later shown to be the active factor. It's not like the scientists knew that tumor cells has a low level of asparagine synthetase and designed the asparaginase treatment, rather, they found the treatment and worked backwards to find out why it worked.
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Re: Health Canada seeks input on adding anti-cancer drug to junk food.
Long as they don't put it in poutine the Canadians are in no danger of ingesting it.
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