Message #17236

[Zainab_M]

Yeah this acrylamide thing is worrisome .. though as brother TS rightly said, it’s been there is coffee for centuries.   As sister Heba highlighted in her summary, the trend of roasting the beans to drink it as a beverage came about in the 1300s in the ME.   That’s  700 years ago. Acrylamide has for sure been in those delicious roasted beans since then.   But it’s begun making everyone uneasy now with all those analytical details emerging from various studies.   In my opinion, for those who take more than 2 cups a day, cut it down to just that much.   Two should be okay though as Sister Ruhi remarked, the so-called experts don’t seem  to know the specifics themselves.  So, let’s presume 2 cups to be safe and leave the rest on Allah Almighty.  Only HE knows best.    We can only suggest that since roasted coffee beans has been the method for 7 centuries without any glaring or perceptive links to cancer in humans, should convey to us that very moderate consumption isn’t worrisome, InshAllah, especially considering the fact that in the 3rd millennium we are surrounded with chemicals and parabens that are still more harmful and in larger amounts in just about every sphere of life.   

Also very true as brother said, though the panic over acrylamide in coffee is  recent, the issue of acrylamide isn’t.  Researchers are quite sure that acrylamide in certain amounts has been present in different kinds of food ever since the earliest history of cooking.   At present, people are exposed to acrylamide almost daily through smoking or secondhand smoke, as well as cosmetics, toiletries, cleaners and various other  household products.  Certain quantities of acrylamide is also found in a wide range of baked and fried foods such as cookies and potato chips which are most commonly consumed by children.