Hey, how's your wheat bread? Nice and healthy? Maybe, maybe not. Go to pretty much any supermarket and you will see the bread area lined with loaves of all kinds of bread -especially wheat breads.
With all the options of breads and wheat breads, it's easy to get confused about which type of bread to select for good health.
Wheat Bread
Here's the way to make sure your "wheat" bread is really whole wheat bread and not just regular bread with some enriched flour and coloring: Check the ingredient list. If the first ingredient is "whole wheat flour," you have a winner. You can be sure that it is indeed 100% wheat and that you are getting all the good stuff from the bread.
Why whole wheat over white bread? Because with whole wheat we are getting the whole grain instead of just the bleached, white, refined flour that comes from the milling and separating processes. These processes eliminate the best parts of the grain. Without the whole grain, we miss out on fiber, vitamins and minerals, and other nutrients. With the white flour, all we get is a carbohydrate that is easily digested and not very nutritious.
White bread may not kill you today or tomorrow, but research shows that eating breads with whole grains (or any foods with whole grains!) can have a protective effect on chronic diseases. If you have a choice, I recommend the whole wheat bread.
Remember to go for the whole wheat and beware of the faux wheat.
Whole Wheat Or Faux Wheat
Blake Hagen
The Fight for Fitness
http://blakehagen.com
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