07-31-2015, 04:11 AM
I like FF's & PC's but be careful, see below:
French fries and potato chips are delicious, but we might think that these foods just contain – potatoes, oil, and salt. In reality there’s a chemical that’s created when potatoes are fried in hot oil, and it can be really bad for you.
Acrylamide is a chemical that’s mainly used in industrial processes like plastic production, and is also found in cigarette smoke. When starchy foods are cooked at temperatures above 250 degrees, acrylamide forms do to a chemical reaction of the sugars and amino acids in the food. French fries and potato chips contain more acrylamide than other foods, according to Cancer.org.
Currently no cancer types are clearly related to acrylamide intake,” according to the site. But it has been found to increase the risk of several types of cancer in lab rats and mice when given in very high doses. For this reason the World health organization has called it a “probably human carcinogen.”
The Environmental Protection Agency back this opinion up.
To avoid acrylamide, it’s healthier to roast or bake potatoes (which creates less acrylamide than frying) or boil them or microwave them with the skin on (which doesn’t create any acrylamide at all). If you do fry, the darker brown the fry, the more acrylamide, so make sure they don’t get past that golden color.
French fries and potato chips are delicious, but we might think that these foods just contain – potatoes, oil, and salt. In reality there’s a chemical that’s created when potatoes are fried in hot oil, and it can be really bad for you.
Acrylamide is a chemical that’s mainly used in industrial processes like plastic production, and is also found in cigarette smoke. When starchy foods are cooked at temperatures above 250 degrees, acrylamide forms do to a chemical reaction of the sugars and amino acids in the food. French fries and potato chips contain more acrylamide than other foods, according to Cancer.org.
Currently no cancer types are clearly related to acrylamide intake,” according to the site. But it has been found to increase the risk of several types of cancer in lab rats and mice when given in very high doses. For this reason the World health organization has called it a “probably human carcinogen.”
The Environmental Protection Agency back this opinion up.
To avoid acrylamide, it’s healthier to roast or bake potatoes (which creates less acrylamide than frying) or boil them or microwave them with the skin on (which doesn’t create any acrylamide at all). If you do fry, the darker brown the fry, the more acrylamide, so make sure they don’t get past that golden color.
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Home is where you're treated the best, but complain the most!
Life is short, make the most of it, get outta here!