Happy Carcinogenic Thanksgiving…chow down!

A Thanksgiving wish from Sue Jeffers.

A carcinogen is defined as a substance that at high doses causes cancer in lab animals. These turkey day favorites can all be defined as carcinogens.
· hydrazines (mushroom soup);
* aniline, caffeic acid, benzaldehyde, hydrogen peroxide, quercetin glycosides and psoralens (your fresh vegetable salad);
* heterocyclic amines, acrylamide, benzo(a)pyrene, ethyl carbamate, dihydrazines, d-limonene, safrole and quercetin glycosides (roast turkey with stuffing);
* benzene and heterocyclic amines (prime rib of beef with parsley sauce);
* Murfural, ethyl alcohol, allyl isothiocyanate (broccoli, potatoes, sweet potatoes);
* coumarin, methyl eugenol, acetaldehyde, estragole and safrole (apple and pumpkin pies);
* ethyl alcohol with ethyl carbamate (red and white wines).
*benzofuran, caffeic acid, catechol, l,2,5,6,-dibenz(a)anthra- cene with 4-methylcatechol (coffee).

You also consumed a few poisons…solanine, arsenic and chaconine in potatoes. Hydrogen cyanide in lima beans and the hallucinogenic compound myristicin found in nutmeg, black pepper and carrots.

Shouldn't our state legislators get on this? Of course not! All are carcinogens and all are produced by Mother Nature. But before the scary headlines from the latest junk science by press conference fraud appear let me tell you that you are all safe. The dose is the poison.

By next year our hyper-sensitive legislators might have banned smoking outdoors and in private homes, instituted smoking cameras issuing tickets by mail and fighting the dreaded second hand fat.

To all, may God bless you and yours and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.