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Coffee & Acrylamide: Cup of Cancer?

Coffee – a Cup of Cancer?

April 2, 2018 / 3 minutes of reading

Brace yourself. Thanks to a court in California, your cup of coffee may soon come with a cancer warning. The potentially cancer-causing culprit in coffee is acrylamide. Though the court decision is not final yet, the news articles are both confusing and misleading. Acrylamide is far from unique to coffee. Plus, there are no convincing research studies that clearly show acrylamide causes cancer in humans. Acrylamide and Cancer The Food and Drug Administration considers acrylamide a health concern. The World …

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Focusing on Fewer Ingredients in Food is Pointless

September 8, 2016 / 4 minutes of reading

Zoning in on the number of ingredients in packaged foods is one of the stupidest consumer driven trends to date. Fueled by the unsubstantiated fear of anything not immediately recognizable or easy to pronounce, companies are turning to “fewer ingredients” to make their food stand out on over-crowded store shelves. Short, recognizable ingredient lists are leading packaged food trends in 2016 yet the number of ingredients or your ability to pronounce an ingredient has absolutely nothing to do with the nutrition value …

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