Are potato chips, french fries and crusty bread really carcinogenic?
Research done at Stockholm University, in cooperation with Sweden’s Natural Food Association, showed that the heating of carbohydrate-rich foods, such as potatoes, rice & cereals, creates acrylamide, a probable human carcinogen. The researchers found that a bag of potato chips may contain up to 500 times more acrylamide than allowed in the drinking water by the World Health Organization (WHO). French fries sold at McDonald’s & Burger King in Sweden showed 100 times the level permitted by WHO in the drinking water. Acrylamide has been found to cause benign & malignant stomach tumors & to also cause damage to the central & peripheral nervous systems.
