Rosemary to the Rescue

A Newswise press release says rosemary, a member of the mint family and a popular seasoning on its own, also has benefits as a cancer prevention agent.

Apply it to hamburgers and its antioxidant content – rosmarinic acid, carnosol and carnosic acid – can break up potentially cancer-causing compounds called HCA that can form when meat is cooked.

J. Scott Smith, a Kansas State University food science professor, advised grillers to put a little bit of rosemary on the surface of the meat.

"Rosemary extracts shouldn’t have much of an aroma to them," he said. "Most people don’t want a rosemary-flavored burger. So if you get the extract you don’t really know it’s there.”

What a rosy solution!