When you cook meat at high heat like grilling or frying, it creates certain chemicals called HAAs and PAHs. The amount of these chemicals depends on how long you cook it, how hot it gets, and what type of meat you're cooking.

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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

The study looks at cooking meat at high heat and agrees it creates harmful chemicals, just like the claim says.

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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

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