Coffee contains acrylamide carcinogens? So we can crack it!

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Coffee, fried chicken, French fries, fried dough sticks, potato chips, bread, brown sugar are all foods that are often eaten in daily life, but did you know that they all contain carcinogenic acrylamide? Listen to what nutritionists teach you!

"Drinking coffee, talking about right and wrong" has become a small fortune in life, how to drink at ease is very important!

In an era when everything went up and only salaries didn't go up,"drinking coffee and talking about right and wrong" became a small blessing in life, but did you know? The roasting process produces acrylamide, a carcinogen. Although most of it can be metabolized, it can still be harmful to health if ingested in large quantities over time. Dietitian Chan Tien-chien of Tainan City Hospital points out that fruits and vegetables contain phytochemicals, such as lycopene from tomatoes, beta carotene from carrots, and allicin from garlic, which help eliminate free radicals in the body, stimulate the activity of detoxification enzymes, and inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells. When drinking coffee, don't forget to eat more fruits and vegetables!

High temperature foods often contain acrylamide

In fact, acrylamide is found in all foods except coffee, fried chicken, French fries, fried dough sticks, potato chips, potato cakes, bread, gingerbread and brown sugar, which caused controversy not long ago. Dietitian Zhan said that according to the joint expert meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2005, acrylamide is currently present in more than 7000 foods, which can be said to be inseparable from daily life.

She said that high-starch foods cooked at temperatures above 120 degrees Celsius, such as frying, baking, barbecue, etc., will produce acrylamide. Studies have also pointed out that cooking at 60--70 degrees Celsius for a long time will also lead to acrylamide production.

Acrylamide is listed as 2A carcinogen

Wu Kun-yu, a professor at National Taiwan University's Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, says that acrylamide is water-soluble and most of it is excreted from the body, but its metabolites may still accumulate in the body if ingested in large quantities over a long period of time. Although the carcinogenicity of acrylamide in humans is not yet clear, animal experiments have confirmed that acrylamide has reproductive, neurological, and genetic toxicity, and may cause esophageal cancer, brain tumors, thyroid cancer, or kidney cancer. Small human experiments have been conducted in Europe and the United States, and it has been found that the more acrylamide people have in their bodies, The higher the degree of genetic damage, and genetic damage is likely to cause genetic mutations, increasing the risk of cancer, the International Center for Research on Cancer (IARC) also listed acrylamide as a 2A carcinogen (possible human carcinogen).

Cooking at home, steamed, boiled best

Since acrylamide in food is an inevitable risk, but we can reduce acrylamide production and harm to the human body through some "skimming steps", eat less French fries, fried dough sticks, fried chicken and other foods, even if you want to eat, don't pick too dark color or taste too crisp; when cooking at home, avoid oil temperature higher than 120 degrees or cooking for a long time, steamed, boiled best.

In addition, many women during the physiological period, will drink a cup of brown sugar water to ease discomfort, Zhan nutritionist suggested, may wish to alternately brew brown sugar water and tea, reduce the amount and frequency of drinking, but also reduce acrylamide damage; fresh potatoes can be placed in the shade, if placed in the refrigerator, will promote reducing sugar production, but increase acrylamide reaction.

Fruits and vegetables contain many plant elements, different colors, nutrients are not the same, help to eliminate free radicals in the body.

Eat more fruits and vegetables to inhibit cancer cells

She also pointed out that fruits and vegetables contain many phytochemicals, such as lycopene in tomatoes, beta carotene in carrots, allicin in garlic, etc. Different colors and nutrients help to eliminate free radicals in the body, stimulate the activity of detoxification enzymes, inhibit cancer cell proliferation, etc. According to the "fruits and vegetables 579" advocated by the Taiwan Cancer Foundation, that is, 5 servings of fruits and vegetables for children (3 vegetables and 2 fruits), 7 servings of fruits and vegetables for adult women (4 vegetables and 3 fruits), and 9 servings of fruits and vegetables for adult men (5 vegetables and 4 fruits). Increase your intake of fruits and vegetables and you will stay away from cancer.