Life just wouldn't be the same without French fries. Seriously - can you imagine burgers without fries? They just wouldn't be as good. No meal would be as good without them. We've all probably tried to justify our regular consumption of fries before. They're just potato, right? They're practically a plate of vegetables! Obviously, we all know that isn't quite true. But we didn't really count on them being a cancer-causing kind of food.
Remember that pesky chemical that forms when food is cooked at high temperatures? It's called acrylamide and it has already been linked to cancer in animals. The recommendation from scientists is to cook foods at lower temperatures, but of course, that means saying goodbye to hot and crispy fries. Try oven baking them instead - we know it won't be the same, but it's better than getting cancer.