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Adding certain spices like pepper to meat before cooking might help reduce harmful chemicals that form during cooking, because the spices have natural protective properties.
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Effects of seasoning on the formation of heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in meats: A meta-analysis.
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2021 JanThe study shows that adding spices like pepper to meat before cooking reduces harmful chemicals, just like the claim says, because the spices act as antioxidants.
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