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Avoid acrylamide: FDA warns against chemical found in many fried foods
FOX News ^ | November 15, 2013 | FOX News

Posted on 11/16/2013 12:55:16 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

One week after proposing the removal of trans fats from food, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is targeting another fattening – and potentially harmful – ingredient: acrylamide.

Acrylamide is a chemical that forms in many plant-based foods during high-temperature cooking, such as frying or baking. It is often found in French fries, cereals, crackers and many other food products.

According to a recent report on the FDA website, stuides have found that high levels of acrylamide can increase the risk of cancer in animals – and many experts believe the risk likely translates to humans as well.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: acrylamide; bakedfoods; cancer; fda; food; friedfoods; health; nannystate
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Had a large order McFries the other day and the only harm was my guilt for eating that much.


21 posted on 11/16/2013 1:26:25 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

How could we ever live without our nanny?


22 posted on 11/16/2013 1:26:36 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Iron Munro

Wide ride...


23 posted on 11/16/2013 1:27:02 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: MestaMachine

i was a bit hesitant to have my g kids 3 and 4 around when i was cutting up the half of a bull elk my BIL gave us but they took it all in stride they did notice i had blood on my hands yeah huh and asked if they could get some blood on their hands too how cool is that


24 posted on 11/16/2013 1:27:25 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Thanks to all of these government edicts I have been compelled to consume following things, many of which I would not naturally do otherwise:

SALT
CRISPY FRENCH FRIES (I guess I will have to accept the French again)
TALLOW/LARD
RED MEAT
BLACKENED everything
CAFFEINE
COFFEE
BACON, crispy
BACON, in my green beans
CRISPY BACON on my Chard Hamburger
real fat laden ICE CREAM
NICOTINE, via Cigars, Pipes

Gotta hit 5 Guys, finish this later....


25 posted on 11/16/2013 1:30:42 PM PST by FreedomNotSafety
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Hey peeps, eat nothing and you will live.


26 posted on 11/16/2013 1:32:14 PM PST by dforest
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To: MestaMachine

Then show that kid a youtube vid of where McDonald’s hamburgers come from, all the way from still mooing to slaughtering, butchering, grinding, packaging, right up to the moment they bounce the pattie on the grill.

No, wait - that might make him go PETA vegan. Cancel.


27 posted on 11/16/2013 1:37:05 PM PST by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: HiTech RedNeck

“Can someone PLEASE bring some PERSPECTIVE to these constant alarms?”

My mom is a healthy 96. She’s eaten fried food all her life. Are they saying that without the fried food she’d live to 150? Perspective, you can eat actual poison in small amounts and not be harmed; depending on what it is and how much. The tiny amount of saturated what-have-you you’d get in fries a few times a week is WAY less harmful than and excess calories you’re eating. (AGENDA PING!)


28 posted on 11/16/2013 1:37:19 PM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“.......and many experts believe the risk likely translates to humans as well.”

As far as I read. Don’t have time for more right now, just ate lunch.

Here we go again with the jumping to do something crap over “likely translates to humans as well.” THEY DON’T KNOW DO THEY, AND THE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN IN USE FOR SEEMINGLY EVER. Let’s know facts before we change things, and screw up our culinary culture.


29 posted on 11/16/2013 1:38:13 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Gen.Blather

In almost all cases the Paracelsus assessment applies. Only the dose makes the poison. There are a fascinating few cases where a little of a certain foreign substance is actually documented to be worse than a lot of it.


30 posted on 11/16/2013 1:39:01 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Wait until these extreme left-wing liberals types find out that caffeine is to be regulated and their coffee shops close. That, and books store must close to save trees.


31 posted on 11/16/2013 1:54:20 PM PST by CodeToad (When ignorance rules a person's decision they are resorting to superstition.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Then why are my parents in their 80’s? Oh, right. Obamacare isn’t fully implemented. But seriously, they are pretty healthy and live on their own. Don’t even visit Dr. much except for eye exams. Fried chicken rules on Sundays around there. Heck, fried anything rules! Especially fresh perch out of the huge lake that’s nearby. FDA sucks.


32 posted on 11/16/2013 1:55:28 PM PST by poobear (Socialism in the minds of the elites, is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
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To: CodeToad
Amazon took care of the book store thing.

CC

33 posted on 11/16/2013 2:23:04 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Can someone PLEASE bring some PERSPECTIVE to these constant alarms? It gets real tiring to try to separate the trash from the treasure after so much of this stuff.

If it tastes good, spit it out.. If it tastes awful, eat more of it.. If you can't taste it at all, your dead already, so who cares.. :)

34 posted on 11/16/2013 2:26:00 PM PST by carlo3b (RUFFLE FEATHERS, and destroy their FEATHER NEST!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

How much acrylamide is there in Soylent Green?


35 posted on 11/16/2013 2:28:00 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

BTW.. It’s the same with women, if I recall.. :)


36 posted on 11/16/2013 2:28:22 PM PST by carlo3b (RUFFLE FEATHERS, and destroy their FEATHER NEST!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A similar heat+sugars+proteins matter is Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) (haphazard bonding of sugar to proteins) -- as one source said: the longer a protein lives the more likely the protein will meet a sugar.

From what I've read on the 'Net "large body of evidence suggests that [problems caused by] AGEs are important pathogenetic mediators of almost all diabetes complications" and aging-related coronary artery disease, poor circulation and vision problems. Also skin problems related to aging.

Not to be confused with glycosylation.

37 posted on 11/16/2013 2:35:47 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
FDA: Acrylamide: Information on Diet, Food Storage, and Food Preparation May 22, 2008 ...

Food choice and acrylamide exposure

Acrylamide has been found primarily in food made from plants, such as potatoes, grain products, and coffee. Acrylamide is not typically associated with meat, dairy, or seafood products.

Acrylamide is typically found in plant-based foods cooked with high heat (e.g., frying, roasting, and baking), not raw plant-based foods or foods cooked by steaming or boiling.

Some foods are larger sources of acrylamide in the diet, including certain potato products (especially French fries and potato chips), coffee, and foods made of grains (such as breakfast cereal, cookies, and toast). These foods are all part of a regular diet. However, if you want to lower acrylamide intake, reducing consumption of these foods is one way to do so, keeping in mind that it's best to limit intake of foods that are high in saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, salt (sodium), and added sugars. FDA does not recommend reducing intake of healthful grain products (e.g., whole grain cereals) that are a good source of whole grains and fiber.

Food storage and preparation methods
Comparing frying, roasting, and baking potatoes, frying causes the highest acrylamide formation. Roasting potato pieces causes less acrylamide formation, followed by baking whole potatoes. Boiling potatoes and microwaving whole potatoes with skin on to make “microwaved baked potatoes” does not produce acrylamide.1 ...

38 posted on 11/16/2013 2:48:14 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Why aren’t they banning dihydrogen monoxide. You breathe that stuff in it’ll kill you and it’s all around us.


39 posted on 11/16/2013 2:50:54 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Weeeeeeeeeee!! Piggiesssssssss!! It’s the slippery slope!


40 posted on 11/16/2013 2:52:18 PM PST by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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