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Do You Know How to Store Potatoes?

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola
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  • When potatoes are chilled, an enzyme breaks down the sucrose (aka sugar) they contain and turns it into fructose and glucose, which combines with the amino acid asparagine to form acrylamide, a carcinogenic substance, when heated
 

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