Soy

Soy flour has become a very popular addition to many commercial breads and doughs.  In modern, industrial countries, it’s hard to find any bread in stores of bakeries that doesn’t have soy flour.  In some countries, like Israel and Columbia, bakers are required by law to add soy to their bread.

Soy oil is also becoming an increasingly popular addition to canned tomato sauces.  Many white sauces have soy powder, soy milk, or soy lecithin.

Read more about the dangers of soy, and how food marketers have conned the world into eating more of it.

High Fructose Corn Syrup

High fructose corn syrup is replacting glucose and sucrose (white sugar) in many commercial doughs and sauces.  It does make a difference.  Excess fructose that gets converted to fat tends to build up around the organs and abdomen rather than getting deposited evenly.

What can you do about it?

1. Make your own food from scratch.  If you make it, you know what’s in it.
2. Encourage your local restaurants and chains to make their own pizza dough and sauce, or to get sourced by companies that don’t use soy or high fructose corn syrup.
3. Vote with your dollars, and don’t buy products that contain soy or high fructose corn syrup, even if it’s very tempting.

Be careful out there.