| JRPGfan said: Still... someone clear up what the low-down on coffee was? good or bad? Because Ive always heard it was supposed to be good (plenty of antioxidants in it) and reduce cancer risk. (same with red wine) |
This (unless I'm missing something) is very likely to be good:
This, which is what is sold to the public (milled) is a processed food that is likely to have some bad mixed with the good:
What we know:
Starch is present in coffee.
Starch decomposes into Acrylamide (among other things) when heated high enough.
Coffee is heated at temperatures over 200ºC in a process called roasting.
It's proven that exposure to Acrylamide causes tumors in animals and other harmful effects.
What isn't proven yet is that if a human eats Acrylamide he/she will have a higher chance of developing cancer.
What you should do if you want the good effects of red wine or coffee without any risks is eating grapes and coffee beans, but nobody will tell you so because there aren't multi-millionaire companies behind them.
OT: Pus this in the OP, it's the original press release:
http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2015/pdfs/pr240_E.pdf
