Marinating chicken before grillingcan cut down the carcinogens in themeat, according to results presentedat the American Chemical Societymeeting in San Francisco. Researchers have known for long thatgrilling of meat converts harmlesscompounds in muscle, like sugarsand amino acids, into heterocyclicamines which promote the formation of tumours. The team of researchers marinated chicken in a mixture of olive oil, brown sugar, cidervinegar, lemon juice, garlic, salt and mustard, and then grilled the chickenfor 20 minutes. The cooked meatcontained less than one-tenth, of thequantity of heterocyclic amines(New Scientis4 Vol 154, No 2078).