Comments on: Quick Fixins: Boil Hamburger http://tipnut.com/quick-fixins-boil-hamburger/ Creative Homemaking Ideas & Household Tips Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:38:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Katie http://tipnut.com/quick-fixins-boil-hamburger/#comment-63970 Katie Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:13:45 +0000 http://tipnut.com/quick-fixins-boil-hamburger/#comment-63970 A likely additional health benefit of boiling versus frying meat is that it avoids the creation of "heterocyclic amine mutagen/carcinogens" - the aromatic compounds that make frying or grilling meat smell and taste soooooooo delicious are also thought to be cancer-causing (so unfair!). Having fried meat once in a while is probably safe, but if your family eats a lot of meat on a regular basis, using boiled hamburger most of the time instead of fried could be a way to reduce their exposure to these compounds. A likely additional health benefit of boiling versus frying meat is that it avoids the creation of “heterocyclic amine mutagen/carcinogens” – the aromatic compounds that make frying or grilling meat smell and taste soooooooo delicious are also thought to be cancer-causing (so unfair!).

Having fried meat once in a while is probably safe, but if your family eats a lot of meat on a regular basis, using boiled hamburger most of the time instead of fried could be a way to reduce their exposure to these compounds.

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