How cooking can make food harmful
Extraction and analytical approaches for the determination of post-food processing major carcinogens: A comprehensive review towards healthier processed food.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Publication
Journal
Food chemistry
Year
2024
Authors
Somaia T Mansour, Hany Ibrahim, Jiachao Zhang, Mohamed A. Farag
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Cooking food at high heat, like grilling or frying, creates chemicals that can damage your DNA and lead to cancer.
Scientists mostly use special tools called chromatography methods to find and measure harmful cancer-causing chemicals in food.
When foods are cooked or prepared in ways like grilling, frying, or fermenting, they can sometimes create harmful chemicals that might cause cancer.
Some chemicals in food can cause cancer, and experts rank them from definitely cancer-causing to ones they're not sure about.