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Instant Coffee Is Negatively Associated with Telomere Length: Finding from Observational and Mendelian Randomization Analyses of UK Biobank (www.mdpi.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hahaha MR-PRESSO in an article about coffee.

Does anyone have ideas as to why instant coffee may have higher levels of lead contamination than regular coffee?

Like does the freeze/spray drying add the potential for it or maybe people who use instant coffee tend to drink more of it or in higher concentrations?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just some speculation, maybe sourcing cheaper/multiple kinds of beans? Is instant coffee single source? If it's not it could be that some of the beans that are being sourced have higher lead content. I know for example that lead is a problem in tea leaves if not monitored for, as the plants will take up lead from the soil.

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