How to avoid the very real dangers of Acrylamide in your diet with Raw Organic Food.

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/acryfaq.html

 

~ What is acrylamide?

Acrylamide is a chemical that can form in some foods during high-temperature cooking processes, such as frying, roasting, and baking. Acrylamide in food forms from sugars and an amino acid that are naturally present in food; it does not come from food packaging or the environment.

 

~ Is acrylamide found anywhere else? Does it have industrial uses?

Acrylamide is produced industrially for use in products such as plastics, grouts, water treatment products, and cosmetics. Acrylamide is also found in cigarette smoke.

 

~ Is acrylamide something new in food? When was acrylamide first detected in food?

Acrylamide has probably always been present in cooked foods. However, acrylamide was first detected in certain foods in April 2002.

 

~ Is there a risk from eating foods that contain acrylamide?

Acrylamide caused cancer in animals in studies where animals were exposed to acrylamide at very high doses. Acrylamide causes nerve damage in people exposed to very high levels at work. FDA has not yet determined the exact public health impact, if any, of acrylamide from the much lower levels found in foods. FDA is conducting research studies to determine whether acrylamide in food is a potential risk to human health.

 

~ How does acrylamide form in food?

Acrylamide forms from sugars and an amino acid (asparagine) during certain types of high-temperature cooking, such as frying, roasting, and baking.

 

~ What kinds of cooking lead to acrylamide formation? In what foods?

High temperature cooking, such as frying, roasting, or baking, is most likely to cause acrylamide formation. Boiling and steaming do not typically form acrylamide. Acrylamide is found mainly in foods made from plants, such as potato products, grain products, or coffee. Acrylamide does not form, or forms at lower levels, in dairy, meat, and fish products. Generally, acrylamide is more likely to accumulate when cooking is done for longer periods or at higher temperatures.

 

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New Poisons - Old Advice

 

By Pat Shannan

 

Acrylamide is a cancer-causing chemical found in many American products.

 

Has the brouhaha raised in recent years about the dangers of aspartame in artificial sweeteners caused our life-span-regulators to invent a new poison substitute? Or have researchers uncovered yet another previously unknown cause of cancer? Aspartame found primarily in diet drinks and the sugar substitute "Equal" (the blue stuff), causes memory loss, arthritis, and most symptoms akin to multiple sclerosis, generally making one's life miserable. Now Swedish scientists have discovered that acrylamide is a cancer-causing chemical found in many American products, and nobody knows how it gets there.

 

According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a private watchdog group, several popular brands of snack chips, taco shells, French fries, and breakfast cereals contain some of the highest acrylamide levels. CSPI has called on the Food & Drug Agency to treat acrylamide with greater seriousness.

 

"The FDA has been strangely silent about acrylamide," CSPE Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson said. "It should be advising consumers to avoid or cut back on the most contaminated and least nutritious foods while more testing is done across the food supply. The FDA also should be intensively investigating ways of preventing the formation of this carcinogen."

 

If the government agency moves at its normal tortoise pace, we should expect the initial reports to go public by the year 2050.

 

Meanwhile, fast food French fries showed the highest levels of acrylamide among the foods CSPI had tested, with a large order containing from 39 to 72 micrograms. One-ounce portions of Pringles potato crisps contained about 25 micrograms. At 72 micrograms in a six-ounce serving, McDonald's French fries measured the highest. Among the other findings:

 

Acrylamide in Foods: Micrograms per Serving

 

Water, 8 oz., EPA limit 0.12

 

Boiled Potatoes, 4 oz. 3

 

Old El Paso Taco Shells, 3, 1.1oz. 1

 

Ore Ida French Fries (from package), 3 oz. 5

 

Ore Ida French Fries (baked), 3 oz. 28

 

Honey Nut Cheerios, 1 oz. 6

 

Cheerios, 1 oz. 7

 

Tostitos Tortilla Chips, 1 oz. 3

 

Fritos Corn Chips, 1 oz. 11

 

Pringles Potato Crisps, 1 oz. 25

 

Wendy's French Fries, Biggie, 5.5 oz. 39

 

KFC Potato Wedges, Jumbo, 6.2 oz. (est.) 52

 

Burger King French Fries, large, 5.5 oz. 57

 

McDonald's French Fries, large, 6 oz. 72

 

The amount of acrylamide in a large order of French fries is at least 300 times more than what the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency allows in a glass of water. Acrylamide is sometimes used in water-treatment facilities.

 

"I estimate that acrylamide causes several thousand cancers per year in Americans," said Clark University research Professor Dale Hattis. Hattis, an expert in risk analysis, based his estimate on standard EPA projections of risks from animal studies and limited sampling of acrylamide levels in Swedish and American foods.

 

Acrylamide forms as a result of unknown chemical reactions during high-temperature baking or frying. The fact that raw or even boiled potatoes test negative for the chemical proves this. CSPI has urged the FDA to inform the public of the risks from acrylamide in different foods and to work with industry and academia to help understand how exactly how acrylamide is formed and how to prevent its formation.

 

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"In a study published in the June 2000 issue of Chemical Research in Toxicology, Törnqvist and colleagues reported that rats fed fried rat food had much higher levels of the adduct than rats fed uncooked food(author's note: raw food). The authors concluded that "an evaluation of cancer tests of acrylamide and available data for its metabolism leads to the estimation that the background dose of acrylamide"—that is, the amount ingested in food "is associated with a considerable cancer risk."

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide

 

"Acrylamide was accidentally discovered in foods in April 2002 by scientists in Sweden when they found large amounts of the chemical in starchy foods, such as potato chips, French fries and bread that had been heated (production of acrylamide in the heating process was shown to be temperature-dependent).[1] It was not found in food that had been boiled[1][2] nor in foods that were not heated.(author's note raw food)[1]"

 

PLEASE NOTE since this research and FDA Warnings several years ago they have not "found the cure or solution" even though I e-mailed the FDA that Raw Organic Food was the simple, fast, easy, delicious solution it did not solve the cooked food and junk food industries' "problems" so recently you may find many articles from FDA or other websites denying the dangers of Acrylamide but you and I know what is really going on, besides why take the risk or health risk? Your healthy, happyness and well being is WAY more important than profits from junk food and fast food industries! Once you get sick or cancer it is very difficult to reverse it so the health risks are not worth eating high Acrylamide foods especially when raw organic foods easily and instantly solves it with ZERO Acrylamide.

 

 

There are many other Articles and information on Acrylamide if you just Google.com it you will find a wealth of information. But you don't have to freak out or get scared! Luckily my raw organic recipes from RAW IN TEN MINUTES allows you to still enjoy your favorites but with no acrylamide and added health benefits of it being organic, raw, nutritious and super delicious in just a few minutes! Plus you get more energy, can reverse or prevent many modern day diseases, anti-age naturally, lower your cholesterol naturally without Statin or pills, all in the most delicious fun ways possible so try my raw recipe book RAW IN TEN MINUTES and enjoy!

 

 

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