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The poster might be referring to some of the additives used in the making of American bread: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/28/bread-additives-che
by monospaced 3y ago
The poster might be referring to some of the additives used in the making of American bread: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/28/bread-additives-chemicals-us-toxic-america https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/28/bread-additi...
Now a comparison of US vs. EU cases of early onset colorectal cancer would be required.
- 8jef 3y agoUS not in the top ten, Eastern Europe overly represented https://www.wcrf.org/cancer-trends/colorectal-cancer-statistics/ https://www.wcrf.org/cancer-trends/colorectal-cancer-statist...
- mikhailfranco 3y agoMaybe smoked fish, processed meat sausage and blood sausage (high haem) in Scandinavia and E. Europe. For bad diagnosis and treatment, Barbados, Samoa and Singapore seem to be outliers.
- momirlan 3y agoI would say in E EU white bread additives are not as much a problem as is alcohol and red meat.
- jstarfish 3y ago> consuming fish might decrease the risk of colorectal cancer Doesn't seem to help Norway, Portugal, Japan, Croatia, or Denmark. Too much oil, not enough grain?
- tonymillion 3y agoComplete hare-brained theory: Countries that eat a lot of mussels and oysters.
- JohnFen 3y ago> the additives used in the making of American bread ...but far from all US bread. You tend to find the more questionable additives in the cheapest store-bought breads. But it's also not hard to find higher-quality bread that omits them.
- dekhn 3y agoI don't lend that Guardian article much creedence- it uses all the standard journalism/public health tricks to make its argument. "Potassium bromate, a potent oxidizer that helps bread rise, has been linked to kidney and thyroid cancers in rodents." if something is "linked to ... cancers in rodents", that tells us basically nothing about its safety in the industrial process and consumption by humans.