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.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
You’ll be fine so long as you avoid everything you enjoy.
as long as they don’t test my delta 8 gummies.
Why keep on living?
Where are the studies showing higher rates of cancer for those who eat these products.
Hint: They do not exist.
Ill give up alcohol. My guns. Maybe even sex........ah, maybe not that, but chocolate? NEVER!!. No way, no how.......
Dark chocolate, for me, is like tasting a piece of Heaven. I’ve probably eaten more dark chocolate than a half dozen people normally do. And only dark chocolate. Milk chocolate is for kids. If I die from eating too much, well “C’est La Vie”.
Same here. Beat cancer twice. Now I know what caused it. ;-(
Just for laughs:
When was the last time you bought something that did not have that goofy Calif Prop 65 warning on it?
EVERYTHING causes cancer in that weird state, it seems.
Sounds like Belgian psy-ops against the Swiss.
Make sure you get every government mandated experimental vaxx though.
Nah, sex keeps you from getting cancer. ;-)
It is quite addictive and I’m quite addicted, happily so. Chocolate is a gift from God.
What a way to go.
Suicide by chocolate.😎
From the outfits web page
“Our research at the LIBST is mainly funded by regional, federal and international grants. However, philantropy can have an essential impact on our research efforts. Financial gifts can...”
Follow the money!
Yeah, that’s so not going to happen at all.
I suspect these reports are being manufactured by the WEF in a further attempt to implement Marxism in our lives.
delta 8? Nah, you’re good to go.
Can I be in your club? Dark chocolate is divine. I even add dark chocolate chips to my coffee because pretty much everything tastes better with it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.