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Why White Bread is Bad for You

White Bread . . . The Awful Truth

Bread made from refined white flour is certainly not good for your health, its true. There is a little known fact that numerous scientific studies have proved time and time again that certain food items that are commonly consumed in our modern, fast living diets that are detrimental to our health. One of these is white bread, a main stay of most people’s diets. Believe it or not, eating white bread is bad for you!


This may be something you won’t be too pleased to hear, but if you want to improve your health, lose some weight and avoid the possibility of ending up with type II diabetes, then white bread will have to go. This hub page takes a look at why this is and why, if you want to enjoy good health you really do need to avoid white bread or even exclude it completely from your diet.

Why You Should Exclude White Bread From Your Diet

White bread is made from refined white flour containing several unwholesome constituents and very little in the way of nutrients and dietary fibre, essential for a healthy digestive system and a stable metabolism. This is why:

Refined white flour is produced from the whole wheat grain which is then subjected to the refining process which removes all traces of the husk, or bran and along with it all the goodness contained in the grain. It is then bleached using chemical bleaching agents which contain chlorine and dried in kilns at high temperature to kill any remaining beneficial constituents. This insipid, bland, tasteless powder then has gluten added, which is a product that an increasing number of people are becoming allergic to, which helps to produce a more evenly risen and air filled loaf. A standard while loaf of bread also has sugar added to enable the baker’s yeast to prove the dough and make it rise. Salt is also added to check the progress of the yeast and prevent the loaf from rising too much, or over-proving.

Eating mass produced white bread can be somewhat likened to eating cardboard, such is its blandness and lack of any useful dietary benefit whatsoever. Small bakery bread and home made loaves usually taste a little better but because refined white flour is used in their production, there is still no health benefit.

Negative Health Aspects of Consuming White Bread
To begin with, as with white pasta and other products made from refined white flour, white bread contains a large proportion of high GI (glycemic index) carbohydrates. These carbohydrates cause sugars to be released quickly into the bloodstream. This causes a rapid rise in blood sugar levels which triggers a similarly rapid release of the body’s own sugar regulating hormone, insulin. This hormone is secreted in the pancreas and is responsible for regulating blood sugar levels. Insulin is what people suffering with type 1 diabetes have to inject to white_bread
regulate their blood sugar levels because their body does not produce sufficient naturally. Type II diabetes is a rapidly spreading disease brought on by too frequent imbalances in blood sugar levels causing insulin production to become overworked, which eventually leads to the problem and all the negative health aspects associated with it.

Other negative health aspects come in the form of raised levels of bad LDL cholesterol in your bloodstream. This can lead to problems such as heart disease related to the narrowing of the arteries. When levels of LDL cholesterol become too high artery walls thicken and blockages can occur, leading to thrombosis (blood clots) as well as high blood pressure.

Another negative effect of eating white bread is on the body’s metabolism. This is retarded causing reduced efficiency in digestion and greater fat storage, which is more often than not accumulated around the belly. In fact, this is one of the main reasons why weight loss is so difficult for people who continue to eat white bread. Not only that, but it makes you feel more sluggish and less inclined to want to exercise. The lack of dietary fibre is a big problem for your digestible tract especially the intestines that finish the job and allow waste to leave the body. When there is little or no dietary fibre present in your diet, your colon will suffer and be unable to effectively remove all waste products from the body. This leads to such diseases as Crohn’s, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and can lead to cancer of the colon.

But all is not lost! While eating white bread is bad for your health, bad for your weight and bad for your digestive system, there is a nutritious, healthy alternative!

The Alternative to White Bread
You don’t have to give up bread from your diet, just white bread. The viable alternative is of course brown bread, otherwise known as wholemeal or wholegrain bread. This is produced from wholemeal flour which is not refined in the same way as white flour. Wholemeal flour retains the husk of the wheat, or bran which is where all the nutrients and dietary fibre exist. There is no bleaching either and gluten levels are generally lower than in white bread, although you should always check the label for this information first.

Wholemeal flour contains much lower levels of high GI carbohydrates than white flour and also higher levels of low GI carbohydrates, which work in the opposite way to high GI carbohydrates, as the low GI carbohydrates contained in wholemeal bread produce the slow release of sugars into the bloodstream. The upshot of this is that insulin is only slowly released into the bloodstream and in far lower amounts. The metabolism is stimulated rather than inhibited, meaning that your digestive system gets a boost in efficiency and less fat gets stored. This is good news for slimmers and anyone concerned about their weight.

Wholemeal flour products like brown bread contain high levels of dietary fibre. This is essential for the functioning of the colon and the complete digestion of food and waste elimination. They also contain lower levels of bad LDL cholesterol with higher levels of good HDL cholesterol. This means healthy arteries and a better normalised blood pressure, bringing with it better health and less concern over the negative effects of white bread.

To finish things off, brown or wholemeal bread tastes good and doesn’t have that cloying, pasty texture that massed produced white bread tends to suffer from. Make the switch to wholemeal bread and you’ll quickly grow accustomed to its taste and texture. Soon you’ll find yourself preferring its superior taste along with all the health benefits and goodness that come with it as part of a healthy, tasty diet.

 

White bread is "dead" bread
Why is the color of white bread so white when the flour taken from wheat is not?
It’s because the flour used to make white bread is chemically bleached, just like you bleach your clothes. So when you are eating white bread, you are also eating residual chemical bleach. Flour mills use different chemical bleaches, all of which are pretty bad. Here are a few of them: oxide of nitrogen, chlorine, chloride, nitrosyl and benzoyl peroxide mixed with various chemical salts.

 

Good Nutrition: You Won’t Find It In White Bread!
In the process of making flour white, half of the good unsaturated fatty acids, that are high in food value, are lost in the milling process alone, and virtually all the vitamin E is lost with the removal of wheat germ and bran. As a result, the remaining flour in the white bread you buy, contains only poor quality proteins and fattening starch.

But that is not the whole story as to the loss of nutrients. About 50% of all calcium, 70% of phosphorus, 80% iron, 98% magnesium, 75% manganese, 50% potassium, and 65% of copper is destroyed. If that is not bad enough, about 80% thiamin, 60% of riboflavin, 75% of niacin, 50% of pantothenic acid, and about 50% of Pyridoxine is also lost.

Don't be fooled by the term "enriched flour," because only four vitamins and minerals are added back, compared to the15 lost, along with most of the fiber and other beneficial substances like antioxidants.

10 Reasons Why White Bread Is Bad For You

1) Harmful Microforms
First of all, all stored grains start to ferment within 90 days and are full of harmful mycotoxins and microforms.
2) Acidic
Secondly, grains are very acidic. The most acidic grain is wheat, followed by rye, oats and barley in that order. When grains like whet are refined they become even more acidic. When there’s an acid/alkaline imbalance in our body, especially in the blood it creates an environment where bacteria, yeast, fungus, and mould thrive. This means that when we are over acidic, we rot inside, which corrodes body tissue and interrupts cellular activities and functions in the body causing damage to the emotional and psychological health. Furthermore, pathogenic microorganisms produce waste or mycotoxins thus polluting our bodies and making them acidic even further.
3) Mucus
Another problem with refined grains is mucus. Mucus is a natural defense against acid as a way to bind them up and get them out of thewhite_bread_slicesbody. If it wasn’t for mucus, the acid would burn the whole in our cells, tissues and organs. However, eating acidic foods lead to mucus build up causing poor digestion, nasal congestion, lung congestion (as in asthma) and continual throat cleaning. All the grains listed above, have gluten in them, which is very mucus forming. It coats the lining of the large intestine, glues up kidneys and other organs. The clue is in the name. Glue ten or glue to the power of ten. When our internal organs such as intestines are glued up nutrients can’t come in and toxins can’t get out, the bowel flora is upset and the body loses its natural ability to cleanse and heal itself.
4) Difficult to Digest
Apart from being mucus forming, gluten is also very difficult to digest. Some sources say that wheat is so challenging for our bodies that it takes four weeks to digest one wheat meal such as pasta.
5) Allergic Reactions
When gluten particles pass from the gut into the blood antibodies, which stimulate the release of histamine are formed. When the level of histamine is high enough, it can cause allergic reactions. This will be accompanied with inflammation in the gut. In severe cases, it can wear away the absorptive surface of the gut, which can cause diarrhoea and mal-absorption.
6)Nutritionally Deficient
What about nutritious quality of refined grains? During the refining process of wheat the germ and the bran is removed so that all that is left is flower. This means that the most nutritious part of the grain including fiber, vitamins and minerals is lost. Before flower is sold it is fortified with the cheapest form of minerals and vitamins that are poorly absorbed by the body. Only a small fraction of what is lost is replaced.
7) Toxic
Another reason why refined grains are damaging to our health is that they are loaded with toxic additives such as carbon dioxide and bromine.
8 ) Bleached
Furthermore, it has to be bleached to retain its whiteness that is lost during the milling process.
9) Flavorings
As wheat is so bland on its own, it has lots of flavorings added to it. It also has has sugar added to enable the baker’s yeast to prove the dough and make it rise. Salt is also added to enhance the flavor and to prevent the loaf from rising too much.
10) Hyperglycemia
Finally, refined grains are no longer a complex carbohydrate. This means it is no longer converted into glucose slowly. In other words it is no longer a slow release source of energy. It needs little digestions, is absorbed rapidly and glucose floods the body and the cells and this state of hyperglycaemia can lead to diabetes. If glucose is not use up as energy straight away, the body will store is as fat.

All of these factors make refined grains very challenging for the body. Its no wonder that when abused, allergies and intolerances are developed to wheat and gluten as the immune system is compromised. It has no dietary benefit whatsoever and is therefore akin to eating cardboard. These ten reasons explain why white flower is the number one enemy in nutrition.

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Disclaimer: This website is for information purposes only. By providing the information contained herein we are not diagnosing, treating, curing, mitigating, or preventing any type of disease or medical condition. Before beginning any type of natural, integrative or conventional treatment regime, it is advisible to seek the advice of a licensed healthcare professional.

 

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