• Jake Farm@sopuli.xyz
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    12 days ago

    So cooking food, the basis of our entire species, also gives us cancer. Fucking great.

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      11 days ago

      Breathing in oxygen causes oxidative stress, hence antioxidants

      Note that many things called antioxidants (e.g. whats in some fruits) are actually oxidizing but trigger your body’s own antioxidant production mechanisms

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      12 days ago

      But notice they also said there is no evidence toast makes a measurable contribution to this, so toast all you want.

      Or what I really got out of it was

      • don’t burn your toast
      • don’t burn your potatoes
      • eat fewer chips

      This is good advice in general though