whole wheat bread?

[scump]

so everyone here says white bread is so refined to the point its like eating sugar.... and that you have to eat whole wheat bread as its not so refined so its still a complex carbohydrate.

so how do you tell if its whole what? i mean i dont know what your breads are like over there but here its a little like this, White bread, Wholemeal bread, Wholegrain bread and so on.

those are the big 3, so im assuming white=bad, now wholemeal i read the ingredients and it said 60% whole grains (highest % i could find) does that mean 40% is refined? is that good?

and wholegrain, is that just a gimmick so you think your doing good, as it only lists 16% whole grains in the actual bread, meaning the rest is just refined white bread?

do you guys buy hippy bread or regular bread? is there something im missing or what?

(p.s. if anyone here is a aussie and can chime in on what bread they use, would be appreciated)

[FunkymonkAW]

White bread is fine FYI.

To tell if a bread is whole wheat, look at the first ingredient on the package. It should have "whole" and/or "wheat" in it I think.

[scump]

and what would non-whole wheat bread have?

[szgorzelski]

Non-whole wheat bread is going to have more sugar. 100% whole wheat bread is what you want because the bread is made from the entire part of the wheat - the husk, flask, etc. Your body breaks down white bread quicker because it is already refined for you. Your body digests the sugars quicker, storing more sugar as fat. With whole wheat bread, your body needs to work harder and longer to break it down into sugars, thusly burning more calories in the process and storing less sugar as fat. It's really quite simple.

You can find bread that says 100% whole wheat right on it.

[asto_86]

if it says 100% on the package it's good to go. If not, check the ingredients.. if the 1st ingredient listed is enriched then it is no different than eating a piece of white bread.

Don't buy based on the looks of the bread either. A majority of the super dark brown breads are made with enriched flour, then dyed with molasses and/or brown sugar.

You can't go wrong if the first ingredient is whole wheat flour.. anything enriched is garbage

[scump]

hmmm i think almost every bread i looked at listed whole wheat flour as the first ingredient...interesting then.

szgor...etc. i knew exactly what the difference between whole wheat/white was, and the refining process, hence why i didn't ask about it. im enquiring specifically about the profuct and how to spot the good stuff.

[SDC77]

Makes no difference. Eat what you think tastes better.

[asto_86]

hmmm i think almost every bread i looked at listed whole wheat flour as the first ingredient...interesting then.

szgor...etc. i knew exactly what the difference between whole wheat/white was, and the refining process, hence why i didn't ask about it. im enquiring specifically about the profuct and how to spot the good stuff.

ya just dont bother with enriched white flour or enriched wheat flour.. both react the same in the body

[~CoNkY~]

Makes no difference. Eat what you think tastes better.

Yeah, a couple slices a day of white isn't going to make any huge difference in your goals, whatever they are. Now if you're gunna eat a TON of the stuff each day, I think at least make some of it whole grain.

[FunkDaddy]

Makes no difference. Eat what you think tastes better.

This. I pretty much buy whatever's on sale. But I really do like bread with all kinds of grains in it, just tastes better to me.

[Da-Risin-Smoke]

Anything with the word ENRICHED.

Oh yeah, many whole wheat breads contain high fructose corn syrup.


I say white bread is good for post workouts because of need to be absorbed quickly.

[tcrack69]

whole wheat is my fav