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muriel_volestrangler

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48. Sticking bread in the toaster is exposing it to radiation

Sat Dec 1, 2012, 07:04 PM

Dec 2012

Lots of it. If you haven't noticed, it starts to char. And, as for how good for you that is:

Q: Can eating burnt toast give you cancer?
A: Maybe. Some chemicals in burnt toast have been linked to cancer.
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The most well-known chemical in burnt toast is acrylamide, which is produced when sugars and certain amino acids – the building blocks of proteins – are heated together during the cooking process.

This potentially harmful chemical is mainly found in starchy foods such as potatoes (and other potato products), along with baked goods, including bread and, of course, toast.

The level of acrylamide in these foods increases with higher cooking temperatures and longer cooking times. "You would expect there to be reasonably high levels of acrylamide in burnt toast," says Brent.

While toast contains less acrylamide than potato chips and fries, work by FSANZ in 2004 found that toasted white bread is one of the main food sources of acrylamide in the Australian population. This is because we eat more white bread than brown, but white bread might also have slightly more acrylamide in it than other types of bread.

http://www.abc.net.au/health/talkinghealth/factbuster/stories/2011/01/25/3093063.htm#.ULqMuMWPOSo

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Bread that lasts for 60 days could cut food waste (BBC) [View all] eppur_se_muova Dec 2012 OP

Easier and cheaper, just give over-age bread to those below the poverty level. nt jody Dec 2012 #1

A lot of that molds before anyone can use it. eppur_se_muova Dec 2012 #4

We had that experience with our Occupy. EVERYONE bringing us old bread. It was a nightmare. nt patrice Dec 2012 #14

I do not eat much bread, but there are times when I must buy it, RebelOne Dec 2012 #56

when it is moldy, it is moldy. robinlynne Dec 2012 #5

Poor people should eat moldy bread? gollygee Dec 2012 #6

and muffin stumps think Dec 2012 #36

Better that those below poverty level should have the opportunity to make patrice Dec 2012 #16

I know a lot of DUers hate the poor, but goddamn does this post exemplify that. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #24

But what does 60 day old bread taste like? hobbit709 Dec 2012 #2

uh, NO! thank you. patrice Dec 2012 #3

There are a few too many frankenfoods already gollygee Dec 2012 #7

No frakenfood here, all they are doing is zapping the bread with a type of microwave Kurska Dec 2012 #9

Yup it KILLS DEAD all the life in the food Berlum Dec 2012 #39

I wasn't aware that people considered fungal spores "Value added" in their bread n/t Kurska Dec 2012 #42

No one with an iota of wit would infer that. IT kills ALL LIFE, not just fungal spores Berlum Dec 2012 #44

Is it important to you that your digestive system gets to kill organisms? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #47

There's also too many people ignorantly kneejerking without reading the articles, apparently. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #23

I read it gollygee Dec 2012 #27

Microwaving anything would be irradiating it Vinnie From Indy Dec 2012 #33

Yeah but they specifically chose not to say "irradiate" gollygee Dec 2012 #34

Because people cast 20 points of IQ aside whenever they hear the R-word. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #40

there's a difference between a microwave and radiation. Confusious Dec 2012 #54

You mean the ones who seriously re-publish the company JackRiddler Dec 2012 #45

I'm not sure about 60 days, but I have had loaves of HEMP bread that were extraordinarily patrice Dec 2012 #8

You mean anti-fungal properties? laundry_queen Dec 2012 #11

Thanks for the info! I used to be able to pick up hemp bread at the Target grocery store. They patrice Dec 2012 #18

I'm lucky enough laundry_queen Dec 2012 #25

BTW, hemp bread is not all just carbs. Hemp is a perfect/complete protein. nt patrice Dec 2012 #19

Understand that when they say "food waste," they mean theirs. They will be selling those HiPointDem Dec 2012 #10

Bread gets moldy here after it's opened XemaSab Dec 2012 #12

The air is full of spores NoOneMan Dec 2012 #17

"I've seen this in mushroom cultivation" Ya Basta Dec 2012 #20

Is even moldy bread wasted? NoOneMan Dec 2012 #13

You got it LeftInTX Dec 2012 #49

Microwave radiation also destroys nutrients Ya Basta Dec 2012 #15

My mom used to put bread in the freezer gollygee Dec 2012 #21

Sticking bread in the toaster is exposing it to radiation muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #48

Did you read my post? gollygee Dec 2012 #55

Well, if you did only have the toaster for defrosting bread to room temperature muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #57

Or, you could just freeze it. Or, make smaller loaves available. GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #22

Smaller loaves! Are you out of your mind ! We don't have the technology for that! hedgehog Dec 2012 #26

We don't have the desire for it jmowreader Dec 2012 #30

That's a good part of the problem. GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #37

This. ^^^ laundry_queen Dec 2012 #28

We freeze our bread, too. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #38

"One of my gripes with store-bought sliced bread is that the loaves ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2012 #32

This will lead to massive job loss in the bakery businesd jmowreader Dec 2012 #29

I wonder if that's part of the interest gollygee Dec 2012 #31

Now THAT is the Most Sensible Response So Far On the Road Dec 2012 #50

Another way is to break up the stale bread and feed it to the birds. Cleita Dec 2012 #35

If everyone had 2 chickens, there would be no problem with leftover stuff. morningglory Dec 2012 #41

I think last count we have seven chickens. They come and go as you know. Cleita Dec 2012 #43

Because that's such a feasible idea. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #51

That's what my dogs do nt Incitatus Dec 2012 #52

Oh thank god they found a way to save the Twinkie. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #46

ewww Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #53