AVOID Acrylamide is a known carcinogen in laboratory animals. It impairs fertility in male animals, and causes nerve damage to humans exposed in the workplace (FSA, 2002). It is best avoided with PKD and PLD. French fries, potato chips, and coffee, are some foods high in acrylamide. Acrylamide can be formed by high heat cooking (such as baking) of starches in combination with sugars. With coffee it is the long roasting of the beans.
A study by the USFDA proposed a mechanism that involves asparagine, which, when heated in the presence of glucose, forms acrylamide. Acrylamide is a known cancer producing agent. This has been studied in regards to renal cell carcinoma. With PKD there is also an increased incidence of renal cell carcinoma. The studies did not find a relationship between renal cell carcinoma and acrylamide, but it was studied by (3) different researchers three different times around the world. To be safe, diminish any acrylamide exposure. Acrylamide is an organic chemical recently found to occur naturally in certain food products. It has long been used for industrial purposes, in producing polyacrylamide gels, and as a grouting agent in construction. Polyacrylamide is used as a papermaking aid, as a soil-conditioning agent, in ore processing, in sewage treatment, and occasionally as an additive for water treatment (FSA, 2002). Acrylamide is also a known component of cigarette smoke.
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