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Fried Carbohydrates Form Carcinogens

Posted by michael on from the you-can't-eat-just-one dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "Reuters (via Yahoo) is reporting that a Swedish team has found that cooking certain high-carbohydrate foods creates acrylamide (which is a suspected human carcinogen). The scientists felt this was so important that they have foregone publishing in favor of taking this public immediately. Potato chip stocks are taking nosedives in Scandanavia."

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  1. Soylent Chips by Servo5678 · · Score: 4, Funny
    high-carbohydrate foods creates acrylamide (which is a suspected human carcinogen)

    Did anyone else read that and have a Soylent Green flashback?