[monospaced]

The poster might be referring to some of the additives used in the making of American bread: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/28/bread-additi...

Now a comparison of US vs. EU cases of early onset colorectal cancer would be required.

[8jef]

US not in the top ten, Eastern Europe overly represented

https://www.wcrf.org/cancer-trends/colorectal-cancer-statist...

[mikhailfranco]

Maybe smoked fish, processed meat sausage and blood sausage (high haem) in Scandinavia and E. Europe.

For bad diagnosis and treatment, Barbados, Samoa and Singapore seem to be outliers.

[jstarfish]

> consuming fish might decrease the risk of colorectal cancer

Doesn't seem to help Norway, Portugal, Japan, Croatia, or Denmark.

Too much oil, not enough grain?

[momirlan]

I would say in E EU white bread additives are not as much a problem as is alcohol and red meat.

[dekhn]

I don't lend that Guardian article much creedence- it uses all the standard journalism/public health tricks to make its argument.

"Potassium bromate, a potent oxidizer that helps bread rise, has been linked to kidney and thyroid cancers in rodents."

if something is "linked to ... cancers in rodents", that tells us basically nothing about its safety in the industrial process and consumption by humans.

[JohnFen]

> the additives used in the making of American bread

...but far from all US bread. You tend to find the more questionable additives in the cheapest store-bought breads. But it's also not hard to find higher-quality bread that omits them.