2006-10-17 04:06:10 · 9 answers · asked by hc 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Whole wheat is better for two main reasons. First off, white bread has been through a process called milling. During this process they remove the endosperm and it takes away the fiber and nutrients like niacin and lots of others. They normally try to replace this loss by fortifing the bread with the minerals they took out during the milling process. Whole wheat bread has the endosperm and all the good for you nutrients along with lots of fiber. If a piece of bread has at least 3 grams of fiber that is good. It is recommended that we all get 25-35 grams and not most people do that. Fiber helps decrease cholesterol, prevent constipation, decrease intestinal cancers, and fills you up faster so you eat less it is thought by many. Therefore when you buy whole wheat bread it is still tricky if the color of the bread is brown but the first ingredient in the ingredient list is wheat flour (THEN IT IS REALLY WHITE BREAD dyed brown). The first ingredient must be "WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR" not just wheat flour. wheat flour is white flour. Crazy how tricky it is isn;t it.
2006-10-17 04:23:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whole wheat is better for your body than eating white bread or anything like that. Eating white bread you are eating whatever they use to make it white. Whole wheat has all the fiber and other stuff in it to help keep you health and fit.
2006-10-17 04:37:58 · answer #2 · answered by Waterfairy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The process through which white flour is made makes wheat lose most of its fiber and many vitamins. Plus carbs in white bread are absorbed into the blood steream faster causing larger insulin secretion. This results in larger accumulation of fat.
2006-10-17 05:25:13 · answer #3 · answered by Existentialist_Guru 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 Slice of 100% Whole Wheat has: (Healthy but Multigrain is better)
3 grams of protein
12 grams of carbs
1 gram of fat
70 calories
1 Slice of White Bread has: (Not Healthy)
1 gram of protein
14 grams of carbs
3 grams of fat
80 calories
1 Slice of Multigram (The best choice) has:
5 grams of protein
19 grams of carbs
0.5 grams of fat
90 calories
2006-10-17 05:53:56 · answer #4 · answered by Fitforlife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not better, that's a myth. Just watch your total carb intake. True, processed bread may have "less nutrients." So what? Take a multi vitamin every day.
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2006-10-17 05:35:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it uses the whole grain which contains more nutrients & fiber
2006-10-17 04:13:08 · answer #6 · answered by Magick Kitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would think more fiber and vitamins, better for you than plain white bead.
2006-10-17 04:23:05 · answer #7 · answered by sandra t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
becauase you get chipped teeth trying to eat part of it
2006-10-17 04:13:58 · answer #8 · answered by d4sdo4s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because more fiber = less diarrhea
2006-10-17 04:13:09 · answer #9 · answered by nuejerz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋