Initially you get two effects. Oxidation and driving off of hydrogen. Oxidation causes fats to go rancid, which is cancer causing if I remenber right. Driving off hydrogen (which normally reacts with oxygen and produces water) leaves behind a broad assortment organic chemicals, many of which can be cancer causing and can be toxic. At some point in the process, all the hydrogen is driven off, but all the carbon is not yet oxidized, and will leave carbon. But it is the intermediate products that you want to avoid. If you continue heating carbon, it will totally disappear, turning into CO2, which once again is harmless in moderate amounts.
Marshall Marsha Hallett wrote: > > Marsha Hallett wrote: > > > > > I don`t know, but I don`t think I`d ever swallow charcoal, as carbon is > a > > > carcinogen. > > > I also wonder about all the carbon dioxide we swallow in soda pop... > > > Marsha > > > > I don't think pure carbon is a carcinogen. Charred foods are, but I > beleive > > that is because of the burnt oils and fats and sugars, not the carbon. > > > > Marshall > > Dear Marshall, > Don`t burnt fats, oils and sugars turn to carbon?? > Thanks, > Marsha > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
