Why Is Subway Adding Vitamin D and Calcium To Its Bread?

• vitamin D. professor of medicine at Creighton University in Nebraska, US, will describe a trial showing how Vitamin D and calcium supplements given to cancer patients dramatically improved survival. The trial was originally designed to assess the effects of the supplements on osteoporosis, the bone-thinning disease, and only later switched to examine their effects on cancer. Other papers will present results of the effect of vitamin D on bowel cancer and adenocarcinoma, a cancer of the skin and other tissues. www.1wallmart.com/category.php?id_category=21 Professor Dalgeish said he had been intrigued by research on patients with melanoma by the University of Leeds which showed that those with the lowest level of Vitamin D in their blood had the poorest outlook. They were 30 per cent more likely to suffer a recurrence of the disease after treatment than those who had the highest levels. "It was the most staggering thing. www.cleansemart.com When we had a validated test and looked at our patients [at St George's] the majority were low. I am trying to get my colleagues to look at all their cancer patients.

• An amazing food writer, Edwin is--don't you forget it!

• Fortification is really getting out of hand. There are ground-up pills in OJ, bread, cereal, milk and even bottled water. If I'm concerned about getting nutrients and don't want to alter my diet of processed meats and Coca-Cola then I'll take a Centrum, for crying out loud. I don't need Dr. Subway sneaking vitamins and minerals into my lunch.

• Yes, because adding more chemicals to their already chemical-laden bread is the way to go. What the hell is that smell, anyway? It's one of the most disturbing scents in America, and every single Subway smells that way.

• and this is the food writer. hmmm.

• Maybe you haven't done any research on the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency, especially in children? Consider the fact that people spend less time outdoors? Did you research bread "enrichment" and how the process of enrichment reduces the level of vitamins in breads?  I'm no subway fan, and no journalist either, but maybe before passing judgement, the writer should have done some homework.

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