You think you are broke now.....

White bread is made is from wheat flour from which the bran and germ have been removed. This is where much of the nutritional bread value is. White bread is lower in zinc, fiber, thiamin, niacin, trace elements and "good" fats and oils. White bread in many countries has to be fortified with vitamins and minerals *by law* during the bread making process. These are usually sprayed into the mix. It's somewhat ironic that the nutrients that are removed from wheat are re-added by this means. Nature provides, we destroy, then add it back in via a man made form.Once the bran and germ is removed, the flour is bleached using potassium bromate, benzoyl peroxide or chlorine dioxide gas. Potassium bromate is also known as Bromic Acid or Potassium Salt. It's an oxidizing agent, can be fatal if swallowed, is harmful if inhaled or absorbed through the skin and may also cause kidney damage. Benzoyl peroxide is another irritant that can kill animals, birds, or fish, and cause death or low growth rate in plants. Chlorine Dioxide is also a pesticide and even though it breaks down very quickly, it is ranked in the USA as one of the compounds most hazardous to the environment.So even before the baker adds his chemical magic, there's some pretty solid cons relating to white bread. Another point to note is that anything that needs "refining" requires more energy resources to do so.

Thats all I got.

 
im not sure if what you said equates to worse than nothing, but there are some solid points there for not eating white bread anymore
 
yea but isnt that part of inflation? i could be wrong i didnt get my economics exam mark yet
 
well, we buy our bread locally, and it's organic or whatever, so it definitely should lower costs because it's easier to ship and make (the truck only has to drive a few blocks to get it to the store, there are no expensive chemicals involved). but why is it still a dollar cheaper to buy the bread they sell at wal-mart?
 
First reason would be the quality of the bread you're getting at wal mart is lower than from a local bakery. Second is that wal mart looses money on sales of really cheap items like bread, pop and chips to lure you in, then overcharges you for the more expensive items.
 
ski pimp i was being broad because it is a broad topic. practically everything is effected by gasoline

also the weed you get comes from somewhere. it takes energy to grow. if energy starts to cost more your weed will cost more. or you try to grow some outdoor shit that the govt finds....

 
seriously, get a road bike. it pays for it self after 2000km from the gas you save.

2000km sounds like a lot, but if you ride everyday you can cover that much ground in a few months.
 
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