Would you like some electric fries?

This morning, I came across an article “Electricity-zapped spuds healthier” on the yahoo website, I urge you to have a look. I was baffled, exactly how will zapping potatoes work? Well, according to the article, scientists will build torture chamber for potatoes and zap them, they claim that when they are zapped, they release antioxidants as a result of the stress; these antioxidants fights cancer and other diseases, they remove destructive molecules and influence growth and cell death.

Surely, these scientists have better things to do than zapping potatoes in a lab, are they just bored or running out of useful ideas? 

Now, how exactly will zapped potatoes be massed produced? As potatoes are world's fifth most widely consumed plant food. Maybe, in the near future people can go into any fast food restaurant and request electric fries; as they may be a healthier alternative to normal fries.