Both Muscle Media and Muscle and Fitness have reported in recent issues that a study shows that when you cook foods at very high tempuratures used in these grills, many different heterocyclic amines (HCA's) form, which can increase the risk of cancer. It has to do with foods that are cooked at very high tempuratures that contain creatine. They suggest cooking the meats in the microwave for 2 minutes and draining the grease that comes out from that before grilling as a way of reducing the amount of HCA's. They also say that Marrinating the food first will help to get rid of a lot of the HCA's. I found a website with more information on this while typing this post.
http://www.mdihospital.org/meat.html
I hope my burgers still taste good after this!
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06-18-2002, 08:35 PM #1Registered User
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Warning for all those using THE GEORGE FORMAN GRILL
If you always talk about how you could be in great shape if you just worked out and ate right, why don't you just work out and eat right?
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06-19-2002, 03:16 AM #2Registered User
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Bump!
I read this in MM's last issue as well and I started throwing my food in the microwave first for 2 min as suggested. The food actually tastes better this way IMO."The future becomes the present, the present the past, and the past turns into everlasting regret if you don't plan for it!"
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06-19-2002, 06:59 AM #3Registered User
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thanks for posting this, i use that grill every day to quickly cook my last meal which is always just meat
guess ill microwave it from now on
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06-19-2002, 07:04 AM #4Registered User
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just defrost it before you grill it, and it'll be ok...
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06-19-2002, 07:08 AM #5Old School Muscle
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That's what i do.
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06-19-2002, 08:44 AM #6
I saw in a documentary programme that by marinating the meat for 15 minutes (using vinegar, salt, sugar etc common marinating stufffs) ,95% of potential carcinogenic sources are eliminated. So marinate before you "flame" it.
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06-19-2002, 08:49 AM #7Old School Muscle
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Thanks K. I do it to my steaks, but not my chicken and hamburgers. I'll start doing it to them as well. Gotta have that grill! It's the most used appliance in my kitchen other than my blender.
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06-19-2002, 11:00 AM #8Registered User
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ThaNKS I didn't even know that. I thought it only applied to barbecuing.
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06-19-2002, 11:15 AM #9Registered User
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BBQing / grilling... same thing... frying also applies to this...
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06-19-2002, 12:40 PM #10StlBarbies b*tch
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Hummm
Read up on how bad microwaving food is!
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06-19-2002, 02:34 PM #11Registered User
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Gosh
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06-19-2002, 03:41 PM #12Registered User
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Oh...no..yeah I read the same article ! Very frustrating ! I just got my George Foreman Grill and since then I am 'grill-crazy'. I prepare fish or chickenbreasts almost daily ! And I don't have a microwave ....hmm.
I guess it's like sitting in the sun..you know it's bad, yet you still do it !Build Strength, Build Health, Build Life !
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06-19-2002, 04:51 PM #13Registered User
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exactly... i really don't give a ****... just don't overgrill and you're ok...Originally posted by Iron-T
Oh...no..yeah I read the same article ! Very frustrating ! I just got my George Foreman Grill and since then I am 'grill-crazy'. I prepare fish or chickenbreasts almost daily ! And I don't have a microwave ....hmm.
I guess it's like sitting in the sun..you know it's bad, yet you still do it !
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06-19-2002, 04:55 PM #14Registered User
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Oh $hit, we are all going to die now!!!!!!!!!!!
I will still use mine.6'-2" Ectomorph @ 194 Pounds
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06-19-2002, 05:59 PM #15Registered User
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Just marinate first. I am going to try that.
If you always talk about how you could be in great shape if you just worked out and ate right, why don't you just work out and eat right?
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06-19-2002, 06:32 PM #16Registered User
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Here's a marinade that I use for chicken and steak
Teriyaki(liquid, not glaze)
Soy sauce
BBQ sauce
Garlic powder
Black pepper
Cayenne powder
I don't know what amounts I use. I just go by feel. It tastes great though, and I think that it helps to tenderize the meat too.We're only as strong as our weakest link.
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06-19-2002, 08:10 PM #17Registered User
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I got some citrus grill marinade... it tastes amazing with chicken breasts....
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03-10-2003, 09:50 AM #18
I wonder how many cancers I have now considering I grill every ****ing meat I have on the george forman, mostly from frozen
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03-10-2003, 11:09 AM #19Registered User
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Did the articles you refer to specifically mention the Forman grill as a cooking method that creates these HCAs? I have read similar reports in the past, but always in reference to "grilling." Traditional grilling is completely different from a Forman grill. When one uses a traditional grill to cook, the food is being cooked over an open flame (either gas or charcoal), which is much hotter than the surface of a Forman grill. This is evident if you have ever overgrilled something (quite easy to do if you use the middle part of the flame and not the cooler edge portions of the grill surface). The overcooked item will have a charred black crust with a very pronounced bitter taste. It would be very difficult to overcook something on the Forman grill enough to get this same charring effect.
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03-10-2003, 11:24 AM #20Banned
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Re: Warning for all those using THE GEORGE FORMAN GRILL
thanks for the info but they say everything gives you cancer nowadays.... i'll rather not avoid everything and just deal with what ever life throws at meOriginally posted by sfetaz
Both Muscle Media and Muscle and Fitness have reported in recent issues that a study shows that when you cook foods at very high tempuratures used in these grills, many different heterocyclic amines (HCA's) form, which can increase the risk of cancer. It has to do with foods that are cooked at very high tempuratures that contain creatine. They suggest cooking the meats in the microwave for 2 minutes and draining the grease that comes out from that before grilling as a way of reducing the amount of HCA's. They also say that Marrinating the food first will help to get rid of a lot of the HCA's. I found a website with more information on this while typing this post.
http://www.mdihospital.org/meat.html
I hope my burgers still taste good after this!
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03-10-2003, 01:45 PM #21Registered User
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Who the **** brought this thread back... it's been dead since last june... someone is not very smart...
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03-10-2003, 06:19 PM #22New As of 2002 \/
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i guess i should try this, marinading tastes better anyhow
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this is supposedly true. i've read about this in a book called "the greenwich diet" which is a keto spinoff. im not sure about the high temperatures, but if you cook meat to a point where its well done (which is what the foreman grill does really fast), it makes it more carcinogenic. still, i think it would take a lot of meat eating to cause cancer
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03-10-2003, 08:56 PM #24The Physique Architect
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I'm sure these magazines blew this issue way out of proportion... just like they did with mercury in tuna. Everything gives you cancer lol.
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If you're that worried about cancer...stop breathing :P
seriously, everyone's gonna get cancer eventually anyways, what difference does it make if you eat a lil' meat with the foreman?Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
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03-11-2003, 11:35 AM #26Registered User
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i constantly use the foreman, mostly for burgers to cut the grease, but it dries them out a little too much.
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01-10-2008, 10:46 AM #27Registered User
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so its 2008 is this s*** true or has it been debunked? I was going to go out and buy a foreman grill but now....
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01-10-2008, 10:55 AM #28Registered User
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Anything to sell magazines........these facts are 20 years old, back then they said stop consuming crispy bacon....and they also said when consumed with dairy, your chances went up 10 fold to .0000045335098 parts per million. Vitamin E will kill you, didn't you know.lolOriginally Posted by linuxg
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01-10-2008, 11:03 AM #29un scronnying
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Originally Posted by JuveStriker13
everything really can appear to cause cancer. it is ok to be aware but dont let it ruin your life.
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01-10-2008, 11:47 AM #30Thick as a Stick
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Hi, I'm Jim and I'm a grillaholic
...I use that thing on average 3 times a day, and I don't plan to stop anytime soon. mmmm chicken
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