«Most experts are going to look at
the risk of acrylamide in coffee and conclude that this is not something that's going to have a meaningful impact on human health,» Lichtenfeld says.
Not exact matches
Studies done with animals show that
acrylamide in the diet increases the
risk of developing several different types
of cancer, including stomach and colon cancer and don't get me started on the salt levels.
Animal studies have shown that exposure to
acrylamide increases the
risk of several types
of cancer, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer considers
acrylamide a «probable human carcinogen.»
In a 2009 study in the journal, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, researchers found that dietary
acrylamide intake was associated with increased
risk of estrogen receptor - positive breast cancer, but the same was not found with estrogen receptor - negative breast cancer.
Even though our metabolic pathways can help us detoxify
acrylamide, however, we can still overload the detox capability
of these pathways and put ourselves at health
risk from excess exposure to this substance.
Yet, baked snack foods containing wheat and sugar — including cookies and crackers — and processed foods involving toasted grains — including toasted wheat cereals — are considered among the highest
risk of foods when it comes to
acrylamide exposure.
In one study, it was found that women who consumed 40 micrograms or more
of acrylamides each day had twice the
risk of endometrial and ovarian cancer
risk of women who ate foods with little or no
acrylamides.
More than 95 percent
of preschool children exceeded non-cancer
risk levels for
acrylamide, a cooking byproduct often found in processed foods like potato and tortilla chips.
These carcinogenic
acrylamides have been linked in studies to possible increased
risk of cancer and accelerated aging.
Aside from the added fat, deep frying potatoes can lead to the formation
of acrylamides, which have been shown to increase your
risk of cancer (5 — 7).