acrylamide, a substance the fries product that had been linked to certain types of cancers you, it would not increase the risk of lung cancer in men and could even offer women some protection according to recent studies.

In a clinical trial involving more than 120,000 men and women, Dutch researchers found no relationship between Lung cancer and acrylamide in men and women the risk of it fell 18% after taking 10 micrograms per day of this product

After eliminating risk factors such as smoking, it found that men who ate more acrylamide were not more likely to be diagnosed lung cancer than those who consumed less ”

said the author of the study Janneke G.F. Hogervors t, at Maastricht University in the low country.

Unexpectedly, women who ate more acrylamide were less likely to be diagnosed lung cancer than those who took less ”

Professor clarified that before making any kind of dietary recommendation required further study to compare the results, but the results could be promising.

Acrylamide is a chemical compound that is formed to treat producer at very high temperature, as the frying, roasting it, or bake them. East composed according to the FAD American was discovered in food in 2002 in products such as French fries, coffee, bread and cookies. And according to the editorial accompanying the study more than one third of the calories consumed by Americans would contain acrylamide.

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