One or just a few companies still dominate the production of goods such as cement, glass, soft drinks, flour, sugar, and bread.

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Though comprised of little more than milk, eggs, sugar, leftover bread and a bit of jam, it holds its own as easily at a silver-and-crystal-laden gala as in the kitchen on Sunday night.

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If you dress up your yogurt or sugary cereal or bread or sugar water as a drug, you can sell it for high prices at upscale shops to soccer Moms eager to hop on the latest health food trend.

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One was a businessman who remembered his hungry childhood when he had white bread, Crisco, and sugar for dinner.

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They reduced the amount of sugar they were eating, swapped white bread for whole grain and started planning high-protein meals with lots of vegetables.

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She also eliminated bread and pasta and reduced her intake of sugar, salt and processed foods.

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Try a sugar-spun coffin, or the eggy, yeasty pan de muerto (bread of the dead).

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