In October, 22, the Consumer Council of Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province selected 15 potato chips of well-known brands at home and abroad from online and offline to carry out comparative tests. The results showed that the acrylamide content of several potato chips was higher than the benchmark level set by the European Union (75? G/kg), and the acrylamide content of some brands of potato chips exceeds 2? g/kg。 The detection of carcinogens in potato chips has caused many people to feel panic. Why are potato chips junk food? Let's have a look.

first, because there are potential carcinogens in potato chips? Acrylamide

potato chips are made from potatoes. After frying and heating at high temperature for a long time, acrylamide will inevitably be produced. Acrylamide is a potential carcinogen, which has certain carcinogenicity, will cause nervous system damage, affect the early development of infants, and endanger male reproductive health. The World Health Organization has identified it as a class 2A carcinogen. If you eat potato chips with excessive acrylamide content, it is easy to threaten your health, so it is junk food.

second, because potato chips have low nutritional value and high calories. ?

potato chips are a common fried food, which contains minerals such as fat, carbohydrate, potassium, sodium and phosphorus. After high-temperature frying or baking, the nutrients are also killed by high temperature, and there are almost no beneficial nutrients. At the same time, every 1 grams of potato chips contains 547 calories, which is very high. People who eat too many potato chips are prone to get angry, and even get acne, which affects skin health.

third, because potato chips are easy to cause diseases.

There are various flavors of potato chips on the market, and you will be immersed in them unconsciously, especially some potato chips with high salt and oil, which will easily lead to high blood pressure and failure to maintain normal blood flow in the kidneys, thus becoming diabetes. At the same time, potato chips contain a lot of fat, too much intake will also cause obesity and so on, and of course they can be classified as junk food.