KFC - F. U.! Pink Bucket's For the Cure Campaign Misleading

The National Cancer Institute has posted on it's website that frying meat creates cancer-causing chemicals:"Research has shown that cooking certain meats at high temperatures creates chemicals that are not present in uncooked meats. A few of these chemicals may increase cancer risk. For example, heterocyclic amines (HCAs) are the carcinogenic chemicals formed from the cooking of muscle meats such as beef, pork, fowl, and fish..."The evidence is clear: most cancers are caused by lifestyle and dietary factors. Eating fried and processed foods is not recommended if you want to avoid illness and cancer. In fact, all major cancer institutes recommend a cancer-fighting diet high in plant foods, and devoid of highly-processed foods. I'm guessing deep-fried and grilled, non-organic chicken falls into that second category.I was floored to see that the Susan G. Komen For The Cure foundation has partnered with Kentucky FRIED CHICKEN to raise money for cancer research. For each pink bucket of KFC's chicken sold through the end of May, $.50 will be donated to cancer awareness and education projects.One wonders: will the education create awareness that fried food can lead to cancer?Cancer awareness groups, like Breast Cancer Action, have come out against KFC's campaign and find this marketing partnership to be more damaging than benefiting to the health and awareness of consumers.I urge you to write to KFC and the Susan G. Korman foundation and tell them what you think of this advertising campaign.

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