More from Dr. Joseph Mercola, my favorite doctor since Doctor In The House.
Acrylamide, a white, odorless but potentially 
cancer-causing chemical, has been found in many common foods such as potato chips, French fries, bread, rice and cereals. It appears the chemical, used in the treatment of sewage and waste and to manufacture certain chemicals, plastics and dyes, is a byproduct of cooking food at high temperatures.
While the presence of acrylamide in food has now been established, no one knows what effect this chemical has on humans when it is ingested. As written on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Web site, “EPA has classified acrylamide as a Group B2, probable human carcinogen.”
Acrylamide has also been shown to cause cancer and neurotoxic effects in animal studies, and damage to the nervous system in humans who were exposed to the chemical at work.
Acrylamide has been found particularly in high-carbohydrate foods cooked at high temperatures. This includes processed bread and grain-products and potatoes.
When most foods are cooked they lose valuable nutrients due to their fragile nature. Raw foods are one of the major keys to your health.
If you are like many Americans and are consuming a diet of mostly processed foods--90 percent of the money Americans spend on food goes toward processed foods--it is likely that there will be health consequences down the road. At this time there is no way to avoid consuming acrylamide if you eat fried, processed foods. But there is a bright side: you have the power to choose foods that will benefit your health, such as vegetables and healthy meats, and you have the power to change your health for the better.
