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Yes, whole grains cause cancer if you make them into bread and toast the bread. The evidence is much stronger than for Red dye No. 3. https://www.fda.gov/food/

Yes, whole grains cause cancer if you make them into bread and toast the bread. The evidence is much stronger than for Red dye No. 3. https://www.fda.gov/food/process-contaminants-food/acrylamide-and-diet-food-storage-and-food-preparation https://www.fda.gov/food/process-contaminants-food/acrylamid... Strawberries are also linked to cancer, because they contain sugar. https://aacrjournals.org/cancerres/article/62/15/4339/508983/A-Sucrose-rich-Diet-Induces-Mutations-in-the-Rat https://aacrjournals.org/cancerres/article/62/15/4339/508983... Almost all natural foods are linked to cancer. The important question is, how large is the risk? Dark toast is obviously much riskier than Red dye No. 3. We should think about that when we consider what to ban.

paulryanrogers 2y ago
Food isn't sold burnt from store shelves. Of course people may 'toast' it to unsafe levels. That's an educational issue.
- mgraczyk 2y ago
  Untrue, you can buy burnt bread at most grocery stores. Go to the bakery, look at the ends. Many will have burnt tips. Also: I've never bought this, but I just found this premade product, which is sold in my grocery store and is known to the state of California to cause cancer. https://www.safeway.com/shop/product-details.197151007.html?productId=197151007 https://www.safeway.com/shop/product-details.197151007.html?...
- Aloisius 2y ago
  Acrylamide is in all baked bread. It's formed during high temperature cooking - like baking. Toasting just increases the amount present.
- refurb 2y ago
  A good example is the cancer causing aflatoxin on peanuts. https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/cpg-sec-570375-aflatoxins-peanuts-and-peanut-products https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidan... You could be enjoying some all natural peanuts and be exposing yourself to a highly carcinogenic byproduct of a fungus that grows on them. Hell, people were doing that for millennia until some scientists actually discovered it.
- WrongAssumption 2y ago
  I sure can get it in a restaurant.

paulryanrogers 2y ago

Food isn't sold burnt from store shelves. Of course people may 'toast' it to unsafe levels. That's an educational issue.

mgraczyk 2y ago
Untrue, you can buy burnt bread at most grocery stores. Go to the bakery, look at the ends. Many will have burnt tips. Also: I've never bought this, but I just found this premade product, which is sold in my grocery store and is known to the state of California to cause cancer. https://www.safeway.com/shop/product-details.197151007.html?productId=197151007 https://www.safeway.com/shop/product-details.197151007.html?...
Aloisius 2y ago
Acrylamide is in all baked bread. It's formed during high temperature cooking - like baking. Toasting just increases the amount present.
refurb 2y ago
A good example is the cancer causing aflatoxin on peanuts. https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/cpg-sec-570375-aflatoxins-peanuts-and-peanut-products https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidan... You could be enjoying some all natural peanuts and be exposing yourself to a highly carcinogenic byproduct of a fungus that grows on them. Hell, people were doing that for millennia until some scientists actually discovered it.
WrongAssumption 2y ago
I sure can get it in a restaurant.