YIKES!!!!



On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Ray Audette <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> Potatoes are the most chemically contaminated food you can buy in
> America.  They are sprayed with both insecticides and fungicides.  Even
> though these chemicals are known carcinogens, organic potatoes are often
> contaminated with molds that are far more carcinogenic.
>
> Of course the far greater risk of cancer from potatoes is a result of the
> acrylamides that are formed when starches are heated past 140 degrees.
> These result in a baked potato having an Ames Number of about 1100 ( a
> single cigarette registers a 1.24 on this scale ).  Recent studies have
> shown acrylamides to be the most common carcinogens found in human bodies.
>
> Potatoes also contain a lectin that causes the mal-absorbtion and
> excretion of vitamin A.  The resulting deficiency was, until recently, the
> most common cause of blindness in the world.
>
> Potatoes may be eaten raw but only about 1% of the nutrients in them are
> available that state.  Ingestion of raw potatoes may also result in
> alkaloid poisoning.
> From wikipedia;
> "When potato tubers are exposed to light, they turn green and increase
> glycoalkaloid
> production. This is a natural defense to help prevent the uncovered
> tuber from being eaten. The green colour is from chlorophyll, and is
> itself harmless. However, it is an indication that increased level of
> solanine and chaconine may be present.Solanine poisoning is primarily
> displayed by gastrointestinal and neurological disorders. Symptoms include
> nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach cramps, burning of the throat, cardiac
> dysrhythmia, headache and dizziness. In more severe cases, hallucinations,
> loss of sensation, paralysis, fever, jaundice, dilated pupils, hypothermia
> and death have been reported."
>
> Politically, potatoes have been used as a tool of oppression ever since
> the Incas forced conquered tribes to eat them as part of their surrender
> ceremonies.  The British later copied this stratagem when subjugating the
> Irish.
>
> Ray Audette
> NeanderThin
>
>


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