You're here: My Science Blogging » Discovery » Article: Food Dyes May Protect Against Cancer, Research Found

Food Dyes May Protect Against Cancer, Research Found

Yessi Pratiwi — June 1, 2008 / 2:11 pm

It was revealed in ScientistAmerica that among synthetic food dyes’s effect, protecting people from cancer may one of the good side.

Gayle Orner, leader of the research at Oregon State University in Corvallis mentioned, “The public perception is that food dyes are bad, but some of them may have good points as well”.

food-colours.jpg

In the research, she tested some people and found that people’s trout that had been fed DBP in combination with Red 40 had a 50 per cent lower incidence of stomach cancer and a 40 per cent lower incidence of liver cancer.

Credits

Post to: delicious, Digg, ma.gnolia, Stumbleupon

Ikuti diskusi, tuliskan komentar Anda.

LOCAL SEARCH

Search only in this blog

GLOBAL SEARCH

Search across Asia Blogging Network

GLOBAL

CHANNEL

COLUMN

More? Go to Asia Blogging Network Column section.

FEATURED

COMMENT

  • Koen — Terima kasih, Echi dan Dhani :). Salah satu misi Pernik Ilmu memang membuka mata masyarakat, dengan bahasa awam, tentang fakta-fakta ...
  • » Mengapa Langit Malam Gelap? ~ Blog Archive ~ Pernik Ilmu (Asia Blogging Network) — [...] pertama di Pernik Ilmu ini berjudul Mengapa Langit Biru :). Tapi kita tahu langit hanya biru di hari yang ...
  • dedy — sebutkan macam2 sel volta!!!kasih gambar dan bagaimana carajanya!!!
  • Taufik Hidayat — Mengapa pd wkt bln purnama kalau kita mancing dilaut, gak ada ikannya yg mau makan umpan yg ada di kail ...
  • sardes — hi.......Q sardes saat ni sedang kul di salah satu PTN yang tentunya FMIPA n jur MM...q mw nanya nih kira2 ...
  • Mukmin — slam kenal mbak Yessi,
  • nurul azizah — salut wat astronot....
  • elang — nyerah dech, apa jawabannya???????
  • In-daH — oo....kERen banget....
  • Erastosthenes — Jadi, 1 drajat itu sbnarnya brp km? 1 drajat itu brp menit?