Posted on 02/17/2019 8:27:12 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
Burnt toast can expose people to more pollution than if they were standing at a busy road junction, a study has claimed.
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found burnt toast was especially harmful and the safest way was to “go for gold” – allowing the bread to turn a light gold colour.
The team of experts built a mock-up of a three-bed house and equipped it with monitors to assess how everyday activities impacted on air quality.
Roasting and frying can also prove to be toxic, the research found.
| Researchers in the US found the least harmful way to make toast was to turn the bread a light golden brown rather than burning it |
But researcher Marina Vance said the biggest shock was discovering just what the impact of toasters was.
It was found they sent toxic particles into the air the moment they are switched on, The Times has reported.
Vance said at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science: “When you make toast, the heating element starts warming up the debris and gunk in the toaster which includes oils.”
Revealing the early results of the research the assistant professor added: “Add to that the bread itself - it’s going to emit a range of things.
“We found ethanol, a by-product of yeast...If there’s tiny pieces of bread touching the heating element you can see the smoke, maybe from crumbs at the bottom of the toaster - they will all make a lot of particles. It led to what would be considered ‘very unhealthy’ air pollution levels if compared to outdoor air quality standards.”
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The scientists must be suffering from Grain Brain.
When I was a kid on family vacations, I always loved walking into a diner in the morning and being enveloped by the smells of coffee, toast, bacon....and cigarette smoke. I am lucky to be alive.
There’s an adorable series on YouTube of little kids trying foods from different times and cultures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnK0McdF5wY
And pollute the neighborhood air? Shame on you!
As kids, we would do them over the gas range - must have made them even more poisonous ;-)
We did too. Great for rainy days! lol
Thanks for posting!
Actually, everytime my daughter burns toast my asthma kicks in. So I don’t question the study result. Turn of the toaster, turn on the fan.Use albuterol Inhaler. I become an exile from my own house. (Burnt microwave popcorn does the same thing as well as Women’s Perfumes both of which were major problems at work.)
This is a daily dose of information you can use to keep living if you have asthma!
Hopefuly this is not one of those “ As you are I was, As I am you will be,” sort of things. Its information people review and decide if it applies to their own life.
Again, thanks and Regards!
LOL!
That was really cute! Thanks! :)
Hi, Pete. Glad you liked it. I posted it as an example of kooky studies and never expected it to be useful to somebody. I hadn’t thought about it being helpful to people with asthma and other breathing problems!
You might like reading about their entire indoor air quality program. It goes way beyond just burnt toast and looks at all indoor air pollutants. One of my earlier posts has links to the HOMEChem study at the University of Boulder, Colorado.
If they think burnt toast is bad they should see my cooking set off the smoke detector.
Haha, sounds like heaven!
Yes, but breakfast for supper? (two part clue) Maybe just a generational thing. My parents were children of the Depression, raised in single parent households, and poor as church mice. Their supper often was a piece of cornbread and a glass of milk. We were not poor growing up, but on a career Army officer’s pay with four children, the budget was tight. Eggs, bacon, & biscuits were supper staples — I never complained!
We used the broiler to make toast. 6 hungry kids means lots of toast. Toast in a broiler can burn in a flash. Mom would say eating burnt toast gave me curly hair. Lola.
“My parents were children of the Depression, raised in single parent households, and poor as church mice”
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I also am a child of the depression,widowed mother,we ate whatever we could get.
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This won’t stop anyone from blaming 2nd hand cig smoke for anything.
It’s bad for you. Quick! Tax it !!! (For health’s sake, of course.)
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