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Carrots May Cure Cancer
Haydn Fenton writes "A group of researchers from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in England have discovered a link between the naturally formed pesticide found in carrots, falcarinol, and a substantial reduction in cancerous tumor formation in rats. The researchers hope that the discovery will lead to new anti-cancer drugs and new methods of production to maximize falcarinol production in crops. Dr Kirsten Brandt one of the researchers told the press "We already know that carrots are good for us and can reduce the risk of cancer but until now we have not known which element of the vegetable has these special properties."
Food prepared in England or dying of cancer.
Both are horrible ways to go.
My great-grandmother would always say "you should eat your carrots while they're still good for you."
This was, of course, a joke having to do with all those "x food causes y disease" studies that seem to pop up on a weekly basis.
Fortunately, it seems like carrots are still healthy to eat!
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... Benson and Hedges announce the availability of a new line of carrot-tipped health cigarettes.
have you ever seen a donky with cancer?
Prepared properly? I just buy a bag at the store, and while I'm at home, I grab one from the bag and eat it. No preperation. It's the only way a man should ever eat his carrots. :P
Why, I...never...!...hmpf...
Are you insinuating you found some level of irony in my former post!?
Maybe I *am* a religious bigot, you potentially unsensitive clod!!
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...an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Trouble is, of course, if you buy a lot of apples and fall seriously ill, you're fucked...
Did he inhale?
This is one of my favorite recipes: Begin by chopping three medium sized carrots into slivers.Sautee them as you suggest, but with some good quality butter, rather than olive oil. Add two cups of heavy cream and reduce until the cream thickens. Fry up a pound of bacon and chop into small pieces. Toss with some bread crumbs to firm this all up. Reserve the rendered bacon fat.
Form the above mixture into small patties. Coat in a beer batter and deep-fry. Use the reserved bacon fat, along with the yolks of 6 eggs to make a bacon fat hollendaise. Cover the patties in hollendaise sauce, and serve, accompanied by milkshakes.
I can't begin to tell you how relieved I was to discover that carrots are considered healthy.
You have to freebase the carrots to cure lung cancer.