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Any lovers of Crisps a report today Kettle crisps .Aldi Barbeque passion popped potato chips, .Morrisons Cheese & onion Popped potato snacks all contain to much acrylamide .cancer linked to this additive . we shouldn't eat things told all the time but just thought would put this up Barbra

I dislike crisps never eat them but thankyou for the warning. Will be looking for organic crisps our matchday visitors. Do you have any recommendations?

Unfortunately, if you listen to all of the advice over the years we'd eat nothing.

If you think you are clever Caroline up to you .many food products have so much salt & sugar added .Rollo Baked crisps. veg crisps .par boil your own potato, cut very thin .into hot oil only takes seconds & you defo know what you are eating ad salt or sprinkle shredded cheese while they are warm .easy & tasty

I wasn't trying to be clever or having a pop at you.

I do agree if we did listen to everything we would not eat nothing. A varied diet and a little of everything in moderation x

Its okay Caroline ,I enjoy my food don't always look at everything. just this article about added things in crisps I have had cancer three times now .& I use to eat Kettle crisps .just makes me think what the heck have I been doing to myself x

Don't think like that Barbra. I am diabetic and everyone thinks I have lived the high life of sugar. I cant stand sweet things. Think its the luck of the draw. xx

According to an article in The Telegraph - Acrylamide is a chemical which forms naturally in both manufactured and home cooked food as a result of burning and cooking at high temperatures such as baking, frying, grilling and roasting.

The previous paragraph includes burnt toast & overcooked roast pototes!
https://tinyurl.com/l69z8hx

So even if Rollo followed the suggestion to make his own, he/his guests are still at risk of consuming too much acrylamide.

Interesting discussion point. I follow of the philosophy of (within reason) a little of what you fancy does you no harm. We do have to consider that many of these reports base their findings on feeding mice great quanities of the product & nothing else.

Thank you Ann x live life & enjoy but be careful xx

When my granddaughter was on the way I spent many hours trying to find safe products for babies. a very well known manufacturer was one of the worst for the amount of bad chemicals in their products.
I also read where it was said that by the time a woman has made up her face, she has something like 283 chemicals on it ,
Hair dyes are bad also.

Sodium Laurel sulphate (sp) is still in many products I haven't as yet found a shampoo without it -It makes items more bubbly .I did buy an expensive bathing set only to find that also had S.L.S in it.

As I do not possess a degree in chemistry I had to give up my search but do feel more should be done to stop unsafe items being available. But of course that would
mean less profits to be shared including those who should be protecting us!

The same applies to much of the food we eat Caroline is right there.

Ann my hubby out on business for his employers became very sick and I had to get the doctor to check what caused it. It turned out to be campiler bactor (sp) which Doc said had come over here in chickens from America. Not long after he was diagnosed with Diabetes. Gets lots of medical attention now and is nearly 80.

Barbara very Best Wishes for you beating the cancer again- and do not leave xxxx

Thank you all for your comments .& kind words xx :-)

Years ago, but then, years after we'd been told how 'good' olive oil was for us, it transpired that heating olive oil released carcinogens - yet still, cookery programmes tell us to 'wham in the olive oil', heat up and 'blast' in the food!!

I've gone back to lard.

Governments have, time after time, tried to tell us how/what to eat - only to be proved wrong a few years later - its all down to funding of research.
The sugar industry is hardly likely to fund research that proves sugar is bad for you, are they? They 'prove' it's good, and the clueless government goes with it. :-S

Lard certainly gives it a different taste for sure.

Makes bubble and squeak crispy!!!

.....but I'm sure that's bad for us too..... :-(

Bubble and squeak.....my Nan was an awful cook and somehow she managed to ruin everything...remember one time we had to eat the B&S or miss going to the fair...she gave in before us :-D

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Don't remember that fair at all just the B&S stand off....funny old world

Maggie -- crispy bubble and squeak, stir in milk, it can be skimmed!

Acrylamade is present in just about anything grilled roasted or toasted Inc home cooking. However the amount present is far higher industrial products such as crisps and pringles. Acrylamide is on the cancer watch list in the USA and EU.

USA chicken cannot be legally sold in the EU due to the poor raising standards and subsequent use of chlorine to clean up the carcase. UK sourced chicken esp budget should be well cooked cos there is a sig problem with camphylobacter. Then there is the problem if supermarket salads...

As Caroline says the enemy is all around - plastic bottles, bathroom products, ready meal and coffee containers.

All the same most of this c p can be avoided with a little effort and a fair bit of money saved too.