Whole Wheat Bread
Whole Wheat Bread: A Whole lot of Lies
As young impressionable children, parents and doctors always try to do what is best for us, including and possibly most importantly, the food we eat; what is healthier, what has less sugar, what has more nutritional value, etcetera…Even as adults, people tend to look for the product that has health benefits, such as the popular wheat bread. Wheat bread has always be thought to be the better choice over white bread, considering it has whole grains, fiber, oats, and is more natural. But is that necessarily the case? When looking deeper into the components of most wheat bread, ingredients like high fructose corn syrup, processed salts, chemicals, preservatives, and so-called enriched white flour can be found. According to leading nutritionists, these ingredients are in no way healthy for the consumer; they can be linked to weight gain and other chronic diseases. So what is so wholesome about this wheat bread; it has always thought to be the healthier choice, but in reality, it is just as bad for the consumer as any other processed product.
Look at the ingredients in a loaf of wheat bread, what does it consist of? If wheat flour, enriched wheat flour, or unbleached white flour is listed; it is not any better for the consumer’s body than white bread. All of the ingredients listed above are essentially white flour, since manufacturers strip out eleven vitamins and minerals out of the whole grain wheat, and add synthetic chemicals; for example, wheat flour is simply enriched white flour since it is refined and processed to the point that most of the wheat is stripped of its nutrition. The same goes for enriched wheat flour, where the bran and germ are extracted, causing the consumer’s body to absorb the wheat differently. The body breaks down the flour at too fast of a rate, which causes the blood stream to fill with an excess amount of sugar, resulting in the body storing the excess sugar as fat. This process affects the body’s
As young impressionable children, parents and doctors always try to do what is best for us, including and possibly most importantly, the food we eat; what is healthier, what has less sugar, what has more nutritional value, etcetera…Even as adults, people tend to look for the product that has health benefits, such as the popular wheat bread. Wheat bread has always be thought to be the better choice over white bread, considering it has whole grains, fiber, oats, and is more natural. But is that necessarily the case? When looking deeper into the components of most wheat bread, ingredients like high fructose corn syrup, processed salts, chemicals, preservatives, and so-called enriched white flour can be found. According to leading nutritionists, these ingredients are in no way healthy for the consumer; they can be linked to weight gain and other chronic diseases. So what is so wholesome about this wheat bread; it has always thought to be the healthier choice, but in reality, it is just as bad for the consumer as any other processed product.
Look at the ingredients in a loaf of wheat bread, what does it consist of? If wheat flour, enriched wheat flour, or unbleached white flour is listed; it is not any better for the consumer’s body than white bread. All of the ingredients listed above are essentially white flour, since manufacturers strip out eleven vitamins and minerals out of the whole grain wheat, and add synthetic chemicals; for example, wheat flour is simply enriched white flour since it is refined and processed to the point that most of the wheat is stripped of its nutrition. The same goes for enriched wheat flour, where the bran and germ are extracted, causing the consumer’s body to absorb the wheat differently. The body breaks down the flour at too fast of a rate, which causes the blood stream to fill with an excess amount of sugar, resulting in the body storing the excess sugar as fat. This process affects the body’s
Cited: "The Hoax of Enriched Wheat Flour." National Institute for Natural Healing, 24 Aug. 2010. Web. 15 Oct. 2012.