White Bread Is Dead - Keep Off The White Stuff!
The smell of freshly baked white bread is fantastic, isn’t it? A crusty slice of white bread covered in butter and jam…wow! It’s difficult to imagine that anything so tasty could be bad for you, but don’t be fooled!
Across the globe everybody is eating more and more white bread and it is causing a big problem - weight gain.
What is the problem with white bread? Surely it can’t be that bad for us? The reason why it’s a problem is because it is made with refined flour. You should always be wary of the word ‘refined’. It means that all the goodness has been refined away. This process gets rid of essential minerals and nutrients, including fiber. In nutritional terms, what is left is not worth very much apart from the fact that it keeps our jaws moving and gives us something to do!
Because white bread is made from refined flour it has a high glycaemic index (GI) which means that it causes a rapid rise in blood sugar which in turn affects the amount of insulin the body produces. Insulin increases appetite. The more white bread we eat (and that includes things like burger buns) the hungrier we feel. The effect this can have on weight gain is easy to see.
If that were not enough, white bread contains a huge amount of salt. The next time you pick up a loaf of white bread, have a look at how much salt there is in one slice of bread. Bread constitutes over 25% of our daily salt intake. (Your daily intake of salt should be 4g and never above 6g).
A depressing fact is that too many of us get a large proportion of our daily energy intake from white bread.
High salt intake is very dangerous indeed. If your salt intake is too high, your body retains too much water and the level of bodily fluids increases. This in turn increases blood pressure. High blood pressure, or hypertension, can lead to heart attack and stroke. Too much salt also increases your thirst. If you quench that thirst with water you are compounding the problem. If you drink cola of a similar drink you will dramatically increase your calorie intake and weight gain will be the result.
If you′re trying to lose weight then you need to cut down the amount of white bread you eat. Cutting it out altogether would be the best plan. Adopt a slim habit of not eating white bread and your weight loss efforts will receive a welcome boost.
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