It doesn't sound healthy at all. I don't think I'll be buying chips anymore.
2007-07-05 11:25:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Jonmcn49 You suck big time. And I suppose you're laughably ignorant about sewing which I am a whiz at.
2007-07-05 23:02:52 · update #1
If they were packed in oxygen would you feel better?
You are breathing a mixture of 80% nitrogen at this very moment. Oxygen would be worse (as it would cause more rapid degradation of the chips.)
Heck, my favorite beverage (Guinness) as well as a few other pub ales (like Boddington's), use nitrogen in the bubbles rather than CO2.
Nitrogen, yum.
2007-07-05 12:33:31 · answer #1 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True, the air we breathe is 80% nitrogen.
True, removing the oxygen slows decomposition of the product.
False, breathing nitrogen is not harmful. However, not breathing oxygen for any length of time results in suffocation.
I'm surprised no one mentioned that the potato chips themselves are fundamentally unhealthy. All they are is carbohydrate, fat, and salt. Worse, the flavored ones nearly always contain monosodium glutamate (a borderline neurotoxin). So, staying away from potato chips is a healthy choice, but not because of nitrogen.
2007-07-05 20:27:30 · answer #2 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pure nitrogen!??
Are you sure that's true????? Most people who have breathed pure nitrogen for even just a few minutes have DIED!!!!
Think about your question; why would they do such a thing? Chips packed in air don't stay fresh as long as chips packed in air, the oxygen is not good for them! Of course it's safe & healthy, silly, the air you are breathing now is mostly nitrogen!
2007-07-05 19:47:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Air is 80% nitrogen and 20% oxygen, so it's only like packing them with the oxygen removed. It doesn't make them unhealthy, it just removes the chemical (oxygen) which may make them go off more quickly.
2007-07-05 18:31:39 · answer #4 · answered by scubasmurf 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's neither healthy nor unhealthy - it simply preserves them longer and has no effect at all on their food content.
You breathe ~80% nitrogen all the time, unless you smoke or live in LA - which is unhealthy.
2007-07-05 18:37:29 · answer #5 · answered by asgspifs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The atmosphere is 80% nitrogen. You breath it in and out all day. Nitrogen is not very reactive. Nitrogen is in all proteins.
2007-07-05 20:28:27 · answer #6 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your eating potato chips and your worried about the health effects of what they are packed in !!!! I would be more concerned about the health effects of eating deep fryed salted potato slices (chips).
I'll have another bag and a Lippitor to go please... :-)
2007-07-05 22:05:31 · answer #7 · answered by MarkG 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, you are breathing about 80% nitrogen right now. gonna stop that too? You need to get over your fear of chemicals. They are our friends. YOU are chemicals!
2007-07-05 18:29:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As the previous answers have shown you, you are laughable ignorant! Stop hanging out so much in religion and spirituality and get a education.
Your answer is so ignorant, I am tempted to think that you are spoofing all of us in science and math.
2007-07-05 19:04:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Guess what? Unless you're on pure oxegen, you are breathing nitrogen right now.
2007-07-05 18:29:30 · answer #10 · answered by l9k8j7h6g5f4d3s2 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋