Ingredient Exposed Series: Potassium Bromate
The Yoga Mat Chemical Destroying Your Thyroid The same chemical used to make yoga mats, shoe soles, and plastic foam is legally added to your daily bread, bagels, and pizza dough. Potassium bromateโa known carcinogen banned in most civilized countriesโremains perfectly legal in American bakeries and restaurants, slowly poisoning your thyroid and destroying your mental health. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐'๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น Potassium bromate (listed as potassium bromate, bromic acid, or KBrO3) is lurking in products throughout your kitchen: - Wonder Bread and most commercial breads - Subway sandwich rolls - Pizza Hut and Domino's pizza dough - Bagels from major chains - Frozen dinner rolls - Packaged buns and hamburger rolls - Croissants and pastries - Some flours and baking mixes - Restaurant bread baskets - School cafeteria bread products ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐๐บ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ Potassium bromate is an industrial chemical primarily used as: - Plastic foaming agent in yoga mats and exercise equipment - Shoe sole manufacturing for flexibility and durability - Permanent wave solutions in hair salons - Laboratory reagent for chemical reactions - Textile treatment for fabric processing It's literally the same substance that makes your yoga mat flexible being added to bread for no purpose other than making dough rise faster and appear fluffierโessentially turning your daily bread into industrial foam. ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ & ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: Bromine is a halide that competes directly with iodine for thyroid receptors. In the absence of adequate iodine, bromine takes over these receptors, blocking thyroid hormone production and causing hypothyroidism, weight gain, and metabolic dysfunction. ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Bromine toxicity is directly linked to bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and cognitive impairment. It disrupts neurotransmitter function and creates chronic brain fog and mood instability. ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ธ: The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies potassium bromate as a Group 2B carcinogen, with studies showing increased kidney and thyroid cancer rates.