Amy Robertson
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Michael Pollan:
How is commercial bread as soft as Wonder Bread? Is it extra gluten? Filler?
Michael Pollan
Good question. It's hard to tell from the ingredients, since many of them are vague things like "dough conditioners." It takes dozens of preservatives and other additives to keep a loaf of bread soft for weeks on end, and many of these chemicals are fairly recent additions to the human diet, which is why I tend to avoid them.
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Pam Rider
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Michael Pollan:
I am looking for a food quality advocacy group for seniors living in group situations where food is provided. My current living situation includes meals. The stuff served is mostly highly processed, cooked into high-glycemic mush or disguised "pink slime." Diabetes is epidemic and diagnoses grow every month. If school children were served this slop, there would be a national outrage.
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