A favorite delicacy of young people around the world - potato chips - can cause serious heart diseases.

This is warned by Polish scientists, whose research is published in the American medical journal American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,.

Heart-damaged potato chips make a high content of acrylamide - a substance that is a part of many baked and fried foods. During the research, scientists for four weeks fed volunteers with a large number of potato chips. Every day, the participants received 157 micrograms of acrylamide.

After the expiration of the experiment in their blood, a significant increase in the level of harmful substances, increasing the risk of heart disease.

On average, 20 to 30 micrograms of acrylamide per day enter the human body. To reduce this number, the representative of the American Nutrition Society Mary Ann Johnson advises "to reduce the consumption of potato chips and French fries, replacing them with fruits, vegetables, lean meat, milk products and whole grains health. Sumy. Ua.