Posted on 11/20/2011 6:58:35 PM PST by geraldmcg
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Just when you thought it was safe to grab some munchies in the cupboard, a new study warns of cancer in cans and bags—in cans of Pringles and in bags of a myriad of other potato chips. This disturbing truth about an all-time favorite snack may be forcing food manufacturers to change their processing methods. But can the changes really make a difference? Researchers find that potato chips, among other processed foods, are loaded with the cancer causing chemical, acrylamide (uh-kril-uh-mahyd). The substance forms when carbohydrate-rich foods are cooked at very high temperatures. Some of the worst offenders—Pringles and other potato chips and French fries. Federal regulations limit acrylamide in drinking water to just over one-tenth micrograms per 8-ounce glass. However, a six-ounce serving of French fries can contain 60 micrograms of acrylamide. That’s about FIVE HUNDRED times over the allowable limit. Scientists find the amount in potato chips is even more staggering. In some cases, more than NINE HUNDRED times over the legal limit. Such studies prompted the state of California to sue potato chip makers in 2005, citing a failure to warn consumers about the health risks of acrylamide in their products. The Frito-Lay company and several other potato chip manufacturers agreed to a settlement in 2008. The companies pledged to reduce the acrylamide levels in their chips to 275 parts-per-billion by 2011, which is low enough to avoid needing a cancer warning label. But the jury is still out on whether or not manufacturers have truly reached the requirements. A major challenge lies in how the food is made. Since acrylamide is not intentionally added, but rather a byproduct of cooking or processing at temperatures above 212-degrees Fahrenheit, researchers believe that changes in the current manufacturing methods would reduce acrylamide intake by no more than 40 percent . This brings the question--have potato chip makers really succeeded in reducing acrylamide levels to within legal limits? That data has yet to be updated. However researchers do issue another warning—baked potato chips may be worse for you than fried. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration found acrylamide levels in baked chips may be at more than three times the level of acrylamide as regular chips! This comes as name brands such as Pringles and companies like Frito Lay advertise so-called healthier baked varieties of their products. In fact, research suggests that baking processed potatoes at high temperatures may be one of the worst ways to cook them. FDA findings on the name brand Ore Ida may prove the point. A study shows Ore Ida Golden Fries contain about 107 parts-per-billion of acrylamide in the regular fried variety, but the baked version contains nearly 11-HUNDRED parts-per-billion. And if that were not enough, published research also shows dozens more potential toxins form when processed food is heated to high temperatures. In the study published in 2007, scientists concluded that consumers are far less likely to ingest dangerous levels of acrylamide and other carcinogens when eating home-cooked foods compared to industrially-prepared snacks. Still, some potato chip manufacturers are working to improve the image of their products. By the end of 2011, about half of Pepsi's Frito-Lay brand snacks will be reformulated with all-natural ingredients. The switch is part of PepsiCo's master plan to tap into the healthy foods market share. The Wall Street Journal recently reported the company hopes to boost their nutrition business from $10 billion dollars to $30 billion dollars by 2020. Some 60 Frito-Lay brand snacks are scheduled for an all-natural makeover, with the company removing monosodium glutamate—also known as MSG—and replacing it with natural seasonings, such as molasses and paprika. Artificial colors will be replaced with beet juice, purple cabbage and carrots. Nutritionists warn that the reformulated chips still lack true health benefits and that the processing depletes food of valuable micronutrients. They urge consumers to eat foods that are raw or minimally processed to avoid the types of toxic byproducts that come from industrially manufactured snacks. Health care experts agree that cancer, heart disease, obesity, and diabetes have a dietary component. That, with these latest findings on toxins in convenience foods may be causing a shift in consumer demand and altering the direction of food manufacturers in a positive way. This video script has been based largely on a much longer article by Joseph Mercola.
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It’s the Left doing what the Left does extremely well, and that’s lie for a purpose towards regulating, or controlling “we the people”.
This is how this whole damned environmentalist problem became what it is today. They say something like this, people don’t know, and believe them, because they make it sound like there exists sound science even though there’s nothing. It’s repeated time, and time again, and pretty soon the lie is established as the fact they intended it to become, and then comes the regulation, the bureau, and the bureaucrats, the tax money, and the fines.
Control. That’s what this sort of crap is all about.
I just finished the History Channels apocolyptic warning that the world would end in 2012 , so I am not going to worry about a few potato chips.
What ever happened to history. All they show any more on the History channel is aliens that built the pyramids, and apocolyptic storms , warnings, and that the Bible is made up from stories of storms, and earthquakes.
Yes!!!
What a crock of Pringles. Geez......
That's how they come out of the can, so that's how I eat them.
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The first side effect is that all the paragraphs seem to merge together ...
This could be series. Or not.
Pringles tastes like heavily-salted cardboard to me.
They suck. They’ve always sucked. They always will suck.
Don’t forget American Pickers, Pawn Stars, Iceroad Truckers, etc etc
Mmmmmmmmmmm, salted cardboard. I like Pringles but heavily salted is an understatement...
I make a duck bill out of two Pringles. Cracks my kids up :-)
That’s funny.
Funny - a few Saturdays ago they were doing the history of the potato chip! (And then all of the things it led into - I think the Fritos corn-chip was next, puffed Cheetos, etc..
Potato chips used to be a real mom & pop deal.
The chips are sprayed with anti-bloating agents. These compounds when heated during the heating process cause changes to chemicals used to preserve the products, such as the real potato flavor or RPF. RPF is sprayed on chips during the final cooling process so they retain that real potato flavor. RPF, when mixed with salt, can actually cause bloat in humans. Studies on lab rodents, exposed to RPF and anti bloating agents are suspected to increase cancer rates in the lab rodents.
(My husband developed the process to make all Pringles look alike - don’t tell anyone, okay?)
Bummer. Pass the dip. And don’t tell me what’s in it.
Thanks geraldmcg.
LOL
I’ve never cared for them.
Pringles are the particle board of snack foods.
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