This is a must know thing for everyone who is going to eat bread sandwich or bread omelette , bread jam or bread butter or any cuisine that has usage of bread. Recent tests have revealed that our favorite bread has an additive that is considered as CARCINOGENS or the compounds that cause Cancer in humans. Yes, our favorite bread which we daily serve to our kids or the working ladies who find it an easy option to prepare the breakfast or the one who just to fulfill the midnight hunger cravings use bread as an option, Be alert ! it may cause cancer.
Yes! Bread has an additive called Potassium bromate which is a compound of potassium and takes the form of white crystals or powder. It's used to improve the flour since it strengths the dough and gives higher rising . The International agency for research and cancer (IARC )and WHO has classified it as the carcinogen.
In India, the food regulator has also recommended this additive to be removed from the permissible additives list. The study has been conducted by The Centre for Science and Environment-CSE. The study reveals that 84 % of bread and bakery samples collected from Delhi contain potassium bromate.
It's already banned in many nations but till the time the regulations comes on this what should we do? The answer is easy, eat in moderation and eat organic. Avoid processed food. Nothing tastes better without the health.
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