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CANCER IN CANS: Pringles contain Toxin Acrylamide
CleanTV.com ^ | 11-20-11 | CleanTV

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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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Education; Food; Health/Medicine; Politics; Reference; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: acrylamide; cancer; cleantv; health; mercola; millionbillionzillio; potatochips; pringles; toxin
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To: geraldmcg
"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."

Don't worry people! The Obama Regime will be proposing and eventually implementing new regulations and programs controlling and monitoring the manufacturing of potato chips that will make them safe to eat again. Unfortunately these new regulations and the taxes that will imposed on potato chip manufacturers and consumers will necessarily increase the cost to the consumer 1000%. But they will be safe to eat again and that's what really counts.

61 posted on 11/20/2011 9:21:31 PM PST by StormEye
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To: CrazyIvan

What’s a pork cracklin? Do you mean pork rinds?


62 posted on 11/20/2011 9:22:36 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: geraldmcg
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.

Wonderful!!! I like an occasional flavored chip type snack but rarely have any because of msg. Msg is worth than many additives. Anyone interested in learning about msg and it's bad effects on our health can go to truthinlabeling.org which is very important. Msg is ramped in many foods.

63 posted on 11/20/2011 9:33:29 PM PST by Bellflower (Judas Iscariot, first democrat, robber, held the money bag, claimed to care for poor: John 12:4-6)
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To: Kirkwood
Does anyone else stack up 2 or 3 chips at the same time when eating them?

I do! And I like chips crunched up on many sandwiches. Also on the top of casseroles.

64 posted on 11/20/2011 9:43:42 PM PST by Bellflower (Judas Iscariot, first democrat, robber, held the money bag, claimed to care for poor: John 12:4-6)
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To: Cicero

In a year or so they will probably say “oops, sorry, but we were wrong”.


65 posted on 11/20/2011 9:45:33 PM PST by Bellflower (Judas Iscariot, first democrat, robber, held the money bag, claimed to care for poor: John 12:4-6)
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To: Bellflower

People who say they are scared of dying are usually scared of living as well. They must be truly miserable being afraid to eat or drink things that are actually completely safe.


66 posted on 11/20/2011 10:10:09 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Kirkwood
Sometimes I'll throw caution to the wind and have a double !

lol

67 posted on 11/21/2011 4:35:47 AM PST by tomkat (para bellum)
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To: Kirkwood

or 6 or 7


68 posted on 11/21/2011 4:45:01 AM PST by hattend (If I wanted you dead, you'd be dead. - Cameron Connor)
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To: Kirkwood

“Does anyone else stack up 2 or 3 chips at the same time when eating them?”

Yes, especially when there is dip involved ;D!


69 posted on 11/21/2011 4:51:20 AM PST by poobear (Facts, the TURD in the punchbowl of Liberal thought!)
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To: PanzerKardinal

But doesn’t this dovetail nicely with the First Cow’s ‘eat healthy’ initiative?


70 posted on 11/21/2011 4:53:03 AM PST by liberalh8ter
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To: geraldmcg
Big deal...I just went through High Angle Rescue training conducted at an abandoned processing plant.

Training included ropelling from five floors down to rescue a victim.

Only one small problem. The Plant was known to be highly contaminated with asbestos and we were rolling aroung in it with no respirators! The bottom floor was covered in it and it was swirling all over the place.

When questioned the chief says "Its not enough to hurt you in the short time we are here" (training continued for 8 hours)

71 posted on 11/21/2011 4:55:59 AM PST by DainBramage
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To: geraldmcg

dang it - now you’ve gone and given away the secret ingredient


72 posted on 11/21/2011 4:56:05 AM PST by Puddleglum
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To: Marcella
I wasn’t kidding - you wouldn’t have Pringles without my chemical engineer husband’s process to make them all the same shape.

Hat's off the your husband! I love Pringles - I will eat a stack of 8-10 at once in his honor.

73 posted on 11/21/2011 4:58:53 AM PST by Puddleglum
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To: PanzerKardinal

The question is how did they ever manage to ban Acrylamide in drinking water to a level 1/1000th that of french fries?


74 posted on 11/21/2011 5:29:05 AM PST by dangus
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To: JoeDetweiler

Bump


75 posted on 11/21/2011 5:39:14 AM PST by Theo (May Rome decrease and Christ increase.)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Yes. Here in the midwest they go by either name. I think “cracklins” is the more southern term.


76 posted on 11/21/2011 6:14:39 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: Ron C.
Good old Chemical & Engineering News.

Apparently the arcylamide is formed not by a Maillard reaction, but by reaction of the amino acid asparagine with the sugar 2-doxyglucose, involving decarboxylation.

Cheers!

77 posted on 11/21/2011 6:51:50 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: dangus
The question is how did they ever manage to ban Acrylamide in drinking water to a level 1/1000th that of french fries?

Simple: they don't want you to exceed the RDA of acrylamide.

Eating French Fries with plain water is *clearly* unnatural. You should eat them with Coke, Pepsi, or a Milk Shake, the way God intended.../sarc>

Cheers!

78 posted on 11/21/2011 6:54:22 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Marcella; SunkenCiv; OrangeHoof
I wasn’t kidding - you wouldn’t have Pringles without my chemical engineer husband’s process to make them all the same shape.

Like, you mean Pringles are bred in a lab? Grown in glass jars? Clones?

Is there anything actually nutritious about a Pringle?

Does your husband dare eat them????

Is he on the run from the EPA???

79 posted on 11/21/2011 8:18:30 PM PST by bigheadfred (wogga wogga)
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To: bigheadfred

“Like, you mean Pringles are bred in a lab?”

Yes, you could say that. However, many food processes are “bred” in a lab. If they were in our house, I bought them. He was more fond of Fritos.


80 posted on 11/22/2011 12:44:37 AM PST by Marcella (Newt will smash Obama in debates. Newt needs money.)
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