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[Luminosity]

According to Dr. Leonard Coldwell's website:

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Baked goods sold in USA contain potassium bromate, a carcinogen banned in Europe but allowed in the US due to chemical loophole


Much of the flour sold in the United States has been treated with potassium bromate, which causes the flour to bulk up, strengthens the dough, and makes bread rise more rapidly. This decreases the time needed for baking (thereby reducing costs) and also allows the use of low quality flour that might otherwise be unsuitable for baking. There’s only one problem with this:Potassium bromate causes cancer.

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To see the rest of this article go here:
http://drleonardcold...mical-loophole/


This explains why sometimes baked goods taste funny and give me a headache. Soft pretzels at the chain kiosk at the mall give me a bad headache. Recently California Pizza kitchen's pizzas started doing this. Organic breads taste better and are far less likely to give me a headache.

Thanks again FDA!

Edited by Luminosity, 17 April 2012 - 04:47 AM.

[Mind]

Why does anyone interested in health and longevity eat grains anyway? Much better to stick with vegetables = more nutrition and less risk.

Edited by Mind, 19 April 2012 - 09:33 PM.

[Brett Black]

Why does anyone interested in health and longevity eat grains anyway?

Why is there such anti-grain sentiment on these forums? There are plenty of studies supportive of wholegrains being beneficial for health and longevity.

Much to stick with vegetables = more nutrition and less risk.

More is not automatically better. More is often detrimental.

The energy density of most vegetables is low, which means that in order to replace the energy acquired from a small amount of grains in the diet requires a large volume of vegetables.

The volume of vegetables in the diet of some members on this forum appears to be way outside population norms. Such extreme levels of vegetable intake in humans has very little scientific study or evidence to support it. Now that is risky.

[Luminosity]

I don't think that everyone needs to avoid all grains to be healthy. That's extreme, and unsustainable for most people. It would likely lead to binging.

[niner]

The volume of vegetables in the diet of some members on this forum appears to be way outside population norms. Such extreme levels of vegetable intake in humans has very little scientific study or evidence to support it. Now that is risky.

Compared to the SAD? I don't think so.

I don't think that everyone needs to avoid all grains to be healthy. That's extreme, and unsustainable for most people. It would likely lead to binging.

I agree. I eat grains pretty often, but they aren't the center of my diet like they were at one time (when I was fat and felt lousy...) I found that just cutting back on wheat was enough to bring me the benefits I was looking for. I eat a lot more vegetables now, but then niner's always been a risk taker...