Be careful that you don't get zinged by the devil's chocolate.
Posted on 05/29/2024 3:19:05 PM PDT by Libloather
Some store-bought chocolate desserts may contain dangerous chemicals that could damage your DNA and cause cancer, researchers warn.
Scientists found that popular treats like crepes, waffles and cakes contained high levels of carcinogens released during the manufacturing process.
These compounds are created when cocoa beans are roasted to help give desserts their chocolatey taste during preparation.
The researchers warn they may be evading detection because they are not ingredients intentionally added to the products.
The researchers from the Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology (IBST) in Belgium said that molecules, called α,β-unsaturated carbonyls, form while roasting cocoa beans and after adding cocoa butter.
It is a phenomenon that mostly occurs in mass-produced treats, the academics said, because companies use higher baking temperatures, which releases more complex flavors and aromas in their products.
When consumed, the carbonyls can damage DNA by interacting with proteins and enzymes in people's stomachs that can cause cells to divide at a faster rate that turns normal cells into cancerous ones.
Scientists looked at 22 desserts with and without chocolate including crepes, waffles, cakes and biscuits.
The researchers did not tell DailyMail.com which brands, but said they include 'national and distributor brands, that were purchased from Belgian supermarkets.'
They discovered that the packaged treats like biscuits and crepes had lower concentrations of nine out of 10 carbonyls.
By contrast, crepes, waffles and cakes had the highest amount of the toxic substance, consisting of 4.3 milligrams per kilogram - the recommended amount is just .15 total milligrams per day.
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Chocolate is also loaded with heavy metals lead and cadmium.
And now we know, koko the monkey, the chocolate monkey, all the antics, was just a distraction. Shame on Hershey,
From Wikipedia:
“Since α,β-unsaturated compounds are electrophiles and alkylating agents, many α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds are toxic. The endogenous scavenger compound glutathione naturally protects from toxic electrophiles in the body. Some drugs (amifostine, N-acetylcysteine) containing thiol groups may protect from such harmful alkylation.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91,%CE%B2-Unsaturated_carbonyl_compound
I’m still not eating bugs.
They even put that Prop 65 warning on items that could not possibly end up in your system, like metal door knobs. I think that they put the warning on everything because some ambulance chase in Californication is just waiting to sue some manufacturer for their “cancer-causing” product because the manufacturer “should have known”.
Gee, after forcing us to accept mRNA jabs NOW they’re worried about “... popular chocolate products contain(ing) cancer-causing chemical(s) ...”. Excuse me while I grab me a handful of Chocolate covered raisins.
Brrp
So we can keep eating chocolate if we want to... or wear masks or not, or just enjoy being free. Or get off on hating thuggy democrats.
Bugs are cancer free ... right?
“Eat za bugs!”
So we can keep eating chocolate if we want to... or wear masks or not, or just enjoy being free. Or get off on hating thuggy democrats.
I just saw that story elsewhere.
Stupid, it is. The researchers don’t reveal what brands they tested.
Worthless information.
I’m dead, too (dark chocolate nut).
WARNING: Food™ contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.
I like chocolate, especially dark, I will have to see where they sell brands that are not popular.
Uh-oh. I’m a bit of a chocoholic.
I’m sure we are both in the same club. Whoever invented the stuff is a saint.
So, we keep on living our free lives just to spite leftists. I can go with that.
As our ability to detect and measure chemicals becomes more precise, scaremongers find more ways to promote abject irrational fear and drum up grant money.
Meanwhile, in the real world, the Sun still rises in the East and sets in the West; the rain falls upon the just and the unjust alike ...
A Californian explained the idiotic Prop-65 warning. It’s quite simple: unless the manufacturer can PROVE that the product DOES NOT contain some known carcinogen, the manufacturer must apply the label. Such proof is expensive and time consuming; applying the label (which everyone will ignore) is cheap and easy.
Yes: guilty until proven innocent.
California is America In Name Only.
Yep, it adds meaning and fun. Especially on days like today.
The NHS likely kills more Brits annually than chocky...
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