Swedish scientists found out recently that food that has been very much heated can be dangerous for your health. The food that are in the danger zone is food containing Staple, like Potatoe Chips (or Crisps), French Fries etc.
From BBC's News Site:
"Bread and crisps in cancer risk scare
Hidden dangers in fried, carbohydrate-rich foods
Staple foods including bread, chips and crisps, may contain high levels of a substance believed to cause cancer, a study suggests.
Tests showed they all contain high quantities of acrylamide, a chemical which is classified as a probable human carcinogen.
Researchers in Sweden found acrylamide was formed when carbohydrate-rich foods such as potatoes, rice or cereals are heated.
Such foods could pose a potential health risk to millions of people around the world.
The research was deemed so important that scientists took the unusual step of going public with their findings before the details had been officially published in an academic journal.
The study was carried out by Stockholm University in collaboration with experts at Sweden's National Food Administration, a government food safety agency.
Leif Busk, head of the Food Administration's research department, said: "I have been in this field for 30 years and I have never seen anything like this before."
The study found that an ordinary bag of crisps may contain up to 500 times more of the substance than the top level allowed in drinking water by the World Health Organisation (WHO). "
Read more here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1949000/1949413.stm
From BBC's News Site:
"Bread and crisps in cancer risk scare
Hidden dangers in fried, carbohydrate-rich foods
Staple foods including bread, chips and crisps, may contain high levels of a substance believed to cause cancer, a study suggests.
Tests showed they all contain high quantities of acrylamide, a chemical which is classified as a probable human carcinogen.
Researchers in Sweden found acrylamide was formed when carbohydrate-rich foods such as potatoes, rice or cereals are heated.
Such foods could pose a potential health risk to millions of people around the world.
The research was deemed so important that scientists took the unusual step of going public with their findings before the details had been officially published in an academic journal.
The study was carried out by Stockholm University in collaboration with experts at Sweden's National Food Administration, a government food safety agency.
Leif Busk, head of the Food Administration's research department, said: "I have been in this field for 30 years and I have never seen anything like this before."
The study found that an ordinary bag of crisps may contain up to 500 times more of the substance than the top level allowed in drinking water by the World Health Organisation (WHO). "
Read more here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1949000/1949413.stm
