# Potato Chip Cancer **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 3, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-cancer/662546 "2013-07-03T14:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-cancer/662546/21 "2013-07-05T20:48:30Z")
Hey! I found the SDMB because of aspartame causing cancer. Dont knock kooks. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-cancer/662546/22 "2013-07-05T21:15:22Z")
All of you are aware, I hope, that the dark brown/black spots you see on some potato chips are in fact, potato chip cancer. Left unchecked, they’ll spread over the whole chip and eventually take over the entire bag. Eat the whole bag as soon as possible, but _never never_ eat the dark brown/black spots, or you’ll turn out like that Stephen King character who drank the bad can of beer. :smack::eek: ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-cancer/662546/23 "2013-07-05T21:39:52Z")
> [@fumster](#): > > I think that the “Big Hippy” industry is a giant conspiracy. I don’t know about that, but “Hippy Industry” is a bit oxymoronic. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-cancer/662546/24 "2013-07-05T22:13:34Z")
I think we are missing the greater subtext here. This is a brilliant legal strategy. “The plaintiff asserts that despite taking the recommended dose of [Astaxanthin](http://shop.mercola.com/product/astaxanthin-90-per-bottle-1-bottle,935.htm), she still developed cancer. What do you have to say to that Dr. Mercola?” “I specifically tell my patients to avoid eating things that contain food. I can’t be blamed for her irresposnibility!” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-cancer/662546/25 "2013-07-05T22:32:07Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > I don’t know about that, but “Hippy Industry” is a bit oxymoronic. Not if they’re talking about weight loss… ---
**Author:** ![theinscrutabledoctorknow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e68b1a/32.png) [@theinscrutabledoctorknow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theinscrutabledoctorknow)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-cancer/662546/26 "2013-07-06T08:41:22Z")
The raw food nutz dont seem to know nutrition of many foods is not fully available unless they are cooked. For example the antioxidant properties of tomatoes are not released unless they are cooked. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-cancer/662546/27 "2013-07-06T09:07:33Z")
To be totally fair to him, at the bottom he does say that part of healthy eating is stop eating crisps, chips, soda and doughnuts. But not because they are full of fat and sugar, no. Because they are cooked. I don’t know if everyone gets the same “related articles” at the bottom, but I got [this](http://www.realfarmacy.com/pepsico-says-it-will-halt-use-of-aborted-fetal-cells-in-flavor-research/) wonderful piece of alarmism. So that’s nice. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-cancer/662546/28 "2013-07-07T01:21:48Z")
Pringles causes cancer?!? :eek: NO! OH GOD, NO!! I once knew a news photographer who told me in all seriousness: “I’ve been to deepest, darkest Africa, and they’ve got Pringles.” It’s like the modern-day Coca-Cola in terms of worldwide saturation. So I would assume you could do some sort of study on cancer rates? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-cancer/662546.md?page=1)