Acrylamide in foods? Should I worry?

[UncleRic]

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

If I had the choice, I'd probably eat oven roasted chopped potato with each and every meal and most days that's exactly what I do. Lightly golden brown, crispy and flavourful.

Last night I boiled my potatoes.

I'd read an article in a magazine stating that when cooked in temperatures over a certain figure, the potato produces a carcinogenic called 'Acrylamide'.

Should I really be worried or would I have to be cremating my spuds and eating them by the lorry-load to do any real damage?

Oh, and I can't get my head around this quote..

Article said:

There is a margin of 900-fold between the dose that gave cancer to 10% of rats and human exposure to acrylamide in the diet

..is that bad.. or good?

[Lost_BMW]

UncleRic said:

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

If I had the choice, I'd probably eat oven roasted chopped potato with each and every meal and most days that's exactly what I do. Lightly golden brown, crispy and flavourful.

Last night I boiled my potatoes.

I'd read an article in a magazine stating that when cooked in temperatures over a certain figure, the potato produces a carcinogenic called 'Acrylamide'.

Should I really be worried or would I have to be cremating my spuds and eating them by the lorry-load to do any real damage?

Oh, and I can't get my head around this quote..

Article said:

There is a margin of 900-fold between the dose that gave cancer to 10% of rats and human exposure to acrylamide in the diet

..is that bad.. or good?

As long as you are 900 times bigger than a rat you might be OK.

[Mark-C]

Chill the hell out :-) All in moderation is the only thing you need to know ...

[davepoth]

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Everything will make you ill if you have too much or not enough.

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