Certain chemicals in things like grilled meat or smoke get changed in your body into harmful substances that stick to your DNA. This can cause mistakes when cells copy themselves, leading to...

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Consumption of Thermally Processed Meat Containing Carcinogenic Compounds (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heterocyclic Aromatic Amines) versus a Risk of Some Cancers in Humans and the Possibility of Reducing Their Formation by Natural Food Additives—A Literature Review

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2022 Apr 14

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Consumption of Thermally Processed Meat Containing Carcinogenic Compounds (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heterocyclic Aromatic Amines) versus a Risk of Some Cancers in Humans and the Possibility of Reducing Their Formation by Natural Food Additives—A Literature Review

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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19084781

Certain chemicals in things like grilled meat or smoke get changed in your body into harmful substances that stick to your DNA. This can cause mistakes when cells copy themselves, leading to...

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Consumption of Thermally Processed Meat Containing Carcinogenic Compounds (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heterocyclic Aromatic Amines) versus a Risk of Some Cancers in Humans and the Possibility of Reducing Their Formation by Natural Food Additives—A Literature Review