american bread is also very, very sugary compared to European bread. A lot of America is not getting regular bread from bakeries but from the supermarket. the typical american bread is white sandwich bread which also does not help.
This is true, and as a recent convert, I would like to recommend that other Americans check out their local farmers market to see if there is a baker that sets up shop. The difference between even "fancy" grocery store packaged bread and actual fresh bread is enough that I now consider grocery store bread to be essentially a different (worse) food