Ever seen a yoga mat and thought, "Mmmm that would be good with some
peanut butter!" or, "Wow! I sure would like to use that yoga mat to make
myself a healthy sandwich!"? Of course you didn't! You know why? Cuz
that's nuckin futz! But guess what??? If you're not reading the labels
on your bread, you could be eating a key ingredient in making yoga mats
and other plastics!!!!! Serious? Damn right, I'm fuckin' serious! AZODICARBONAMIDE is found in MANY commercial breads and in MOST fast food restaurants! Think you're eating "fresh" at Subway? Think again!
Now what is this chemical you ask?? Well, it's listed as a "blowing" agent for plastics. This chemical breaks down to biurea, which is a combination of urea (the main component in urine) and hydrazine
(a highly toxic chemical used in rocket fuel in WWII and a known
carcinogen). Azodicarbonashit, as we will now refer to it as, makes that
yoga mat that you're sweating your ass off on nice and comfortable,
foamy if you will. Oh, it also bleaches flour and makes your bread soft
too! WTF?!? Yes kiddies, this lovely chemical that is banned in Europe,
the U.K., Australia and carries prison time and a $450k fine in
Singapore if caught using, is found in your sandwich... *loser's horn from The Price is Right*. Why is this chemical that is "Generally Recognized as Safe" by your FDA
banned? Maybe because it's been know to cause skin and eye
irritations, respiratory ailments such as asthma, and may be another
way for you to get cancer. No real studies have been done on humans, so
it's still safe for us to eat! I mean who wants to wait for flour to
bleach naturally (takes about a week at the least) or for dough to rise
(azodicarbonashit is a replacement for yeast)? Certainly not the food
industry! They need to sell your their shitty product and they promise
to get it to you fast!!!! That's what it's all about, right? Turn
around, not your health! Shouldn't bread (unless it's fancy with nuts and stuff) have five ingredients or less and no funny stuff??
Fortunately there are many brands that
you can trust (if you can't get a bread maker or don't want to bother
figuring out how to use the one you got for Christmas in 1995), like Rudi's (pssst! there's a coupon on their website!) or Ezekiel Bread made by Food for Life that can be found in many supermarkets!
Don't eat azodicarbonashit! And if you can't sleep or you really want to torture yourself check out THIS document from the World Health Organization on your favorite foamy bread ingredient!
I almost forgot all the other wonderfully yummy things that might be in your bread: dough conditioners , GMO soybean oil, ammonium sulfate (used in fertilizer), and calcium propionate used as a preservative and only "slightly toxic"! Slightly!
Until next time~
Enjoy life! Eat well! And support the Non-GMO project!
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