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A Little Rosemary Can Go a Long Way in Reducing Acrylamides in Food

4/18/2008 - (NaturalNews) Several animal tests have shown acrylamide to be a carcinogen, and a recent study conducted by the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, has shown a positive association between acrylamide and breast cancer in humans. "Acrylamide...

Dried Fruit Warning: Prunes and Pears Found to Contain High Levels of Acrylamide Chemicals

2/27/2008 - (NaturalNews) A possibly carcinogenic chemical found in starchy foods cooked at high heat is also found in high quantities in dried fruit, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and presented at...

FDA-Approved Bacteria Blocks Acrylamide Formation in Cooked Foods

12/25/2007 - (NaturalNews) The FDA has granted Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) status to the use of a bacteria-derived enzyme to prevent the formation of acrylamide in cooked foods. Acrylamide is a toxic chemical that forms when starchy foods, such as grains...

Is the Standard American Diet (SAD) Bad for Your Health?

12/6/2007 - (NaturalNews) Extreme is a good way to describe the diet that most people in America subsist on.  Many people wouldn’t look at the standard American diet, and call it extreme; many would just call it normal.  But if you look at the diet close-up, we can...

The top five cancer-causing foods

4/24/2007 - Ever wonder which foods should be strongly avoided by those at high risk for cancer? We can begin identifying cancer-causing foods once we know which ingredients in our food cause cancer. Some of those ingredients are food additives and chemicals used...

Study: Bamboo leaf extract could block acrylamide production in cooked foods

1/23/2007 - (NaturalNews) A study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry shows that the formation of acrylamides in foods like potato chips and french fries may be reduced by an antioxidant-rich bamboo leaf extract. Acrylamides are chemical...

Acrylamide content of most foods remains a mystery

1/16/2007 - (NaturalNews) Acrylamides -- a cancer-causing agent created when foods or fried or grilled -- is beginning to concern consumers. However, those concerned hard having a hard time getting a handle on the problem. Consumers are finding it impossible to...

Mineral depletion of soils results in higher acrylamide content of foods

11/13/2006 - (NaturalNews) A team from Reading University and Rothamsted Research in the U.K. has discovered that wheat grown from sulfur-deprived soils creates flour with high acrylamide production levels. Acrylamides are found in foods such as potato chips, cookies...

Acrylamide content of 2,500 foods revealed in comprehensive FDA database

8/9/2006 - (NaturalNews) -- Last month the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a comprehensive database listing various foods' content of acrylamide -- a carcinogen created when starchy foods are cooked at high temperatures. Acrylamide has been shown...

Acrylamide production in foods could be slashed 40 percent by citric acid, glycine additives

7/14/2006 - (NaturalNews) Adding citric acid and glycine to foods could lessen the formation of acrylamide -- a carcinogen produced by baking, roasting, frying or toasting starchy foods -- without having a huge impact on flavor, a UK study shows. In 2002, acrylamide...

Public Health Lawyers File Notices of Violation of California Proposition 65; Potato Chips Contain Cancer-Causing Acrylamide (press release)

7/10/2006 - Yesterday, the Environmental Law Foundation, through its attorneys Rose, Klein & Marias, LLP, and Law Office of Gideon Kracov filed an additional round of notices regarding violations of California's Prop 65 for failing to warn consumers about exposure...

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