Pologram potato chips cause cancer

Swedish scientists warn: potato chips and other familiar products may contain substances that cause cancer. This warning is already called sensational in Sweden.

Researchers at Stockholm University managed to establish for the first time after the tests that the preparation of many products familiar to us, for example, fried potatoes, baked bread and in general, when frying foods rich in carbohydrates, the so -called nervous venom - acrylamide is formed.

According to Swedish scientists, at least a few hundred cases of cancer cases could be caused by the formation of acrylamide substances in food, RIA Novosti reports.

Acrylamide is a chemical that, due to its fastening properties, is used in construction and cosmetics. The same substance can form when smoking cigarettes.

Today, there are no prohibitions on the use of acrylamide in food products. However, Swedish scientists believe that the maximum level is 1 microgram per day. According to the Swedish radio information service, in order for the borderline volume of harmful substances to be in the human body, it is enough to eat half a gram of potato chips or 2 grams of free potatoes per day.

In addition, Swedish scientists notice that acrylamide is not the only substance that causes cancer.