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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."

2 of 79 comments (clear)

  1. uhhh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This isnt big news... Burnt meat is a carcinogen.

  2. Re:Your life... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am living..

    I think you are stuuuupid.