A 2005 analysis found every potato chip product tested exceeded the legal acrylamide limit by 39 to 910 times, with baked chips often higher than fried. Mercola counts more than 800 heat-induced compounds, 52 of them potential carcinogens, and urges eating at least a third of your food raw.
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New evidence suggests acrylamide can cause cancer
Two-year National Toxicology Program studies dosing rats and mice with acrylamide in drinking water found clear evidence of carcinogenic activity in both sexes, with tumours at multiple sites. Acrylamide forms through the Maillard reaction when foods such as potatoes and grains are cooked hot.
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Survey Data on Acrylamide in Food: Individual Food Products(2) - FDA
An FDA table of acrylamide measurements in sampled foods: Wheatena toasted wheat cereal at 689 and 467 ppb across two lots, instant coffee powders from 172 to 539 ppb but only 3 to 13 ppb once brewed, and none detected in the milks and canned potatoes tested.
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Survey Data on Acrylamide in Food: Individual Food Products - FDA
FDA survey results on acrylamide levels in individual U.S. food products, gathered after Swedish researchers found the chemical in fried and oven-baked carbohydrate-rich foods. The agency notes the tables do not address unit-to-unit or lot-to-lot variation.
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Carcinogen in fries linked to breast cancer in younger women
A UK Women's Cohort Study analysis in the British Journal of Cancer found dietary acrylamide, a carcinogen present in fries and chips, was not linked to breast cancer overall but, after adjustment, was associated with a 20 percent higher risk in premenopausal women. The authors call the link weak.
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Acrylamide may boost certain breast cancers
Among 62,573 Dutch women followed 13 years, acrylamide intake showed no link to overall or receptor-negative breast cancer. Among never-smokers, the highest intakes tracked with 31% to 47% higher risk of ER-positive, PR-positive and joint receptor-positive tumours. The authors call for confirmation.
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