Fried Potatoes Linked to Increased Risk of Early Death

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Researchers studied 4,440 people aged 45 to 79 years and found that for eight years, those who ate fleas like fleas, twice or more CRiSPS a week were twice as likely to die prematurely than those who did not Not eating fries, CNN reported.

The study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition does not prove a direct link between food fleas and early death, but "we believe that cooking oil, high in trans fats, is an important factor in explaining mortality Among those who eat more potatoes, "he said author Nicola Veronese, a scientist at the National Research Council of Padua, Italy.

Trans fat has been shown to increase the rate of "bad" cholesterol in the blood, which can lead to heart disease, CNN reported.

Veronese said he hopes the study warn people to eat fleas "could be a major risk factor for mortality, so their consumption should be severely limited. "

But Veronese also noted that "other relevant factors" such as obesity, inactivity and high salt intake could also be factors in the increased risk of premature death in people who often eat French fries.

Susanna Larsson, associate professor at the Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, told CNN that "no evidence" that potato consumption by itself can increase the risk of premature death.

She did not participate in this study, but conducted her own study on potato consumption, which found no link between potato consumption and increased risk of heart disease.

The threat of food fleas and other starchy foods is an acrylamide potential called chemical causing cancer, according to Stephanie Schiff, Dietitian Huntington Hospital in Huntington Northwell Health, New York. She did not participate in the study.

Acrylamide is "a chemical when starchy foods such as potatoes are fried, grilled or cooked at high temperature" Schiff explained in an email to CNN.

"You can reduce your boiling consumption of acrylamide or starchy foods instead of frying them," Schiff said. "If you make food fry, do it quickly.