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nutritional affects of toasting bread

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Anyone know of toasting bread affects its nutritional values.
 

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Within just the past few years, it has been discovered that cooking food also generates acrylamide, which is a cancer-causing chemical. The effect seems to be worse with foods that are cooked at very high temperatures, like chips and crackers. This discovery came out I think in 2002. The next WHO study went around to restaurants and sampled for acrylamide. The strange part was that the same food item at two different chain restaurant locations would vary tremendously in the amount of acrylamide. One Mcd's fries might be 500 ppm and the next Mcd's down the street would be 1500 ppm. These results were confusing - maybe the variance relates to the change frequency of the cooking oil?

Current studies are underway to attempt to find ways to understand the earlier data and minimize acrylamide in the diet. This is all new, and it does not make good news, so we rarely hear about it.

I think the "correct" answer to your question is that toasting does not change anything. But looking forward with some of what we now know about acrylamide, I'd guess that toasting generates a little more acrylamide. Toast lightly, if at all.


http://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/chem/acrylamide_faqs/en/
 

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I'd guess that toasting generates a little more acrylamide. Toast lightly, if at all.
Here's another thought to throw into the mix...

Bread has already been baked. It has already been at a high temperature, so how much worse is toasting it going to make it?
 

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True, there are many unanswered questions. The acrylamide thing is the bleeding edge of nutrition science. There are more questions than answers.
 

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Desdinova said:
Here's another thought to throw into the mix...

Bread has already been baked. It has already been at a high temperature, so how much worse is toasting it going to make it?
Oh yeah. . .. . . .wait, then why doesn't bread get toasted when it bakes??
 

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I remember reading that anything charred (black) contains carcinogens. This includes burnt toast and charred meat. So if you have to eat toast, don't burn it.

I've scratched bread off my shopping list since going low-carb years ago and recently, low-GI.
 
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