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Dark chocolate isn't exactly the safest food, even unsweetened: https://time.com/6243073/heavy-metals-dark-chocolate-food/ https://time.com/6243073/heavy-metal
by pengaru 3y ago
Dark chocolate isn't exactly the safest food, even unsweetened:
https://time.com/6243073/heavy-metals-dark-chocolate-food/ https://time.com/6243073/heavy-metals-dark-chocolate-food/
- noduerme 3y agoFor those curious, here's the report linked in that article: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/ https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-... A similar problem exists with Polonium-210 uptake in tobacco... although no one ever called tobacco healthy or safe. I basically live on dark chocolate, wine, red meat and tobacco, so we'll see what gets me first.
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- Grazester 3y agoI guess the would matter on where in the world too the cocoa was grown. In the Caribbean the soil wouldn't have heavy metals.
- theNewMicrosoft 3y agoAdd to that the high oxalate content in dark chocolate. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0889157511000822 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S08891...