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Potato Chips To Get Healthier--So They Say
by PEP | August 2, 2008 at 06:09 pm
463 views | 7 Recommendations | 9 comments
I'm a potato chip addict, although I ration myself severely. I don't quite believe that those little snackables can be made all that healthy--after all, they're basically salt, grease and fried stuff. You know, basic food groups for the snack addicts.
Snack lovers, rejoice: Munching on potato chips just got a little healthier.
Studies have shown that acrylamide. which has been found in potato chips, causes cancer in lab animals.
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Four food manufacturers agreed to reduce levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their potato chips and french fries under a settlement announced Friday by the state attorney general's office.



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at 18:27 on August 2nd, 2008
Vinny, thanks for the video add. For some reason, the email notifying me identified you as "anonymous user"! heh heh
Just send 'round some crisps. ;}
at 18:37 on August 2nd, 2008
I just ate half a bag so I'm hoping this is true - although knowing my luck, probably not...
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Vinnyat 19:01 on August 2nd, 2008
Which half of the bag did you eat Amy? please tell me it wasn't the bottom half all the fat and salt falls to the bottom of the bag.
at 19:06 on August 2nd, 2008
:) No I opened it, so it was the top half... but I ate enough to feel bad about that decision now!
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linkat 19:26 on August 2nd, 2008
Potato Chips healthy...? What a bunch of delusional minds.
Eat with the earth to be healthy. Less processed food, meat, and more veggies.
at 20:39 on August 2nd, 2008
PEP, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 23:49 on August 2nd, 2008
PEP, I like this story. It's good stuff. Can't resist potatoe chips from time to time, O.K. The danger is buying a package "chips and a coke" instead of a meal; that get's you some weight. Unfortunately many young people, having no money, going to school, do so. What would Bush say: "We are addicted to junkfood". Have a nice summer day with a coke and some...
at 07:35 on August 3rd, 2008
Yea, an ice cold classic Coca Cola in the hot summer is....divine. But junk food does not health make! Thanks for the read and the flag.
at 07:44 on August 3rd, 2008
I can't drink Coke anymore for some reason*... even diluted with whiskey, it's still too sweet. Savory, though, I can do. I'm a fairly healthy eater, cooking almost everything from scratch, but I really like Fritos.
(* To be added to the ever-growing list of reasons why my 10-year-old self would hate me)