You may have seen posts online warning you about the dangers of eating burnt toast, but how much will that actually affect your health?
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Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/27/how-burnt-toast-became-linked-to-cancer-acrylamide
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25403648
https://www.livescience.com/57612-acrylamide-cancer-risk.html
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-how-dangerous-is-burnt-toast
https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/23/health/burnt-toast-cancer-risk-roast-potatoes-acrylamide-bn/index.html
http://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/acrylamide-food/en/
https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2017/01/23/its-too-soon-to-say-browned-toast-and-crispy-roast-potatoes-cause-cancer/
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