Is eating bread safe ?
By Zap
@zap_81 (1019)
May 25, 2016 12:14pm CST
Recently I have come across an article which mentions that the daily breads contains potassium bromate and potassium iodate that are carcinogenic . So I did some research on these words and I understand is that it leads to cancer. and thyroid disorder . So is eating bread safe ?
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
25 May 16
I think unhygienic conditions are more severe than the fear of bread consumption due to unproved data.
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@lexinonomous (511)
• Riverside, California
27 May 16
I think it all depends on what bread you're eating. Not all bread is made the same way. Bread is definitely safe, so long as you buy bread with very simple and natural ingredients. I have never heard of bread doing anything other than making you "fat."
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@zap_81 (1019)
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27 May 16
@lexinonomous unfortunately the local breads do not have detailed descriptions. We get local breads and packed ones. The packed ones have the description and they do not mention the dangerous ingredients for obvious reasons.
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@lexinonomous (511)
• Riverside, California
27 May 16
@zap_81 Anything in excess is going to make you gain weight. The best way to figure out what is in your bread is by looking at the ingredients. They should be fairly simplistic.
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
25 May 16
Which country do you live in because potassium bromate is banned in a lot of the world but still used in the USA and a few other places. You need to check as it's been banned in my country for 25+ years.
Potassium iodate is quite different and is actually used to prevent thyroid cancer after release of radioactive iodine - such as happened at Fukashima..
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
26 May 16
@zap_81 I would suspect - and I have worked in companies that sold ingredients to the Indian bread industry - that it's only in industrial bread and not in local traditional flatbreads etc. Avoid the packaged sandwich bread - or check the ingredients lists carefully.
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@Iam_jauntyjen (5017)
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30 May 16
There are bromate free bread being sold in groceries
You can opt to buy them if you are health concious
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@annierose (21583)
• Philippines
27 May 16
I am fond of eating breads as my snack. Don't know that eating breads has a disadvantage. I just know that instant foods are not good but not bread.
@Chungshop (2355)
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25 May 16
an article"In bread, the growth of yeast releases carbon dioxide, which forces the bread to rise. Yeast does not survive the baking process, but many of the allergy-causing proteins do. For this reason, you may find that bread causes problems if you are allergic to yeast. It may also be one reason that some people feel fatigue after eating bread....
