LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 17 days agoScientists develop gene-edited wheat that can make toasted bread less carcinogenicwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1101file-text
arrow-up1101external-linkScientists develop gene-edited wheat that can make toasted bread less carcinogenicwww.theguardian.comLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarextr0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·17 days agoI didn’t know that my beloved toast was carcinogenic so this doesn’t feel like good news. I’m hoping that the actual risk if getting cancer from toast is minimal since like a third of the world lives off of various wheat preparations.
minus-squareAlbbi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 days agoYeah, I read the title and was like “Wait, what?” Now I gotta check if lightly toasting is better if there’s no charred spots? The sunflower flax bread I have been using lately will toast with almost no browning, so maybe I’m ok.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoTl;Dr dont char bread, everything else is a minor risk compared to drinking alcohol or driving a commute.
I didn’t know that my beloved toast was carcinogenic so this doesn’t feel like good news.
I’m hoping that the actual risk if getting cancer from toast is minimal since like a third of the world lives off of various wheat preparations.
Yeah, I read the title and was like “Wait, what?”
Now I gotta check if lightly toasting is better if there’s no charred spots? The sunflower flax bread I have been using lately will toast with almost no browning, so maybe I’m ok.
Tl;Dr dont char bread, everything else is a minor risk compared to drinking alcohol or driving a commute.