Hidden Dangers In Your Pizza 0
The Domino’s pizza tainting incident is a disgusting reminder to be careful who we hire to prepare our food in restaurants. What people may not be aware of is that food is being legally tainted in the production line. The food industry lately has gone to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle level lengths to cut production costs. Natural diet enthusiasts of many persuasions are warning people to read food labels, and be careful about what they’re eating.
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.
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?
- Make your own food from scratch. If you make it, you know what’s in it.
- 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.
- 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.
