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    Is bread really that bad

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    • Posts: 321 Member
      Bread's fine. I love bread! As long as it fits in your calorie limits and you're also getting enough protein & fat & nutrient dense foods eat whatever you like.

      Personally, I look for breads without high-fructose corn syrup - because those actually seem to make me hungrier.
    • Posts: 6 Member
      In my breadbox, I have a loaf of honey wh. bread, a package of flour tortillas and some sundried tomato wraps. Surprisingly, to me, was the bread is the healthiest option of the 3( I guessed wraps). So I suppose there are much worse things you could eat.
    • Posts: 1,040 Member
      Alatariel75 wrote: »
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      The whole sugar in bread thing freaked me out when I went to America. Bread here in Australia just don't have sugar. Even just plain white sandwich bread you buy from the store doesn't have sugar in it... Frankly, American bread was just weird, to me. I couldn't eat it.

      Yes, it is weird. I'm fortunate to live in an area with lots of quality bakeries. It costs a bit more, but I never have to eat that mass produced kitten.
    • Posts: 10,330 Member
      Alatariel75 wrote: »
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      The whole sugar in bread thing freaked me out when I went to America. Bread here in Australia just don't have sugar. Even just plain white sandwich bread you buy from the store doesn't have sugar in it... Frankly, American bread was just weird, to me. I couldn't eat it.

      Same. When I went to the US I had to look for specialty breads. I just couldn't eat the bread. I have real issues with savory foods tasting sweet and the sweetness was shocking. I could only eat normal sandwich bread with things like PB&J and had to avoid ordering anything with bread at restaurants.
    • Posts: 158 Member
      I have some 40 calorie bread for when I want some toast or a sandwich but I also substitute with lettuce wraps.
    • Posts: 40 Member
      Bread isn't bad, just eat small amounts.
      If you want larger amounts of bread, I highly recommend the danish Rye bread, if you're able to get it somewhere (German version called schwarzbrot is almost as good and slightly more common)
      There're barely any wheat in rye bread and it's mainly fiber and wholegrains! it's great (^_^)
    • Posts: 6,840 Member
      menen28 wrote: »
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      A page on fb seem to think bread rice and most carbs raises insulin

      Actually both carbs and protein raise insulin. Insulin is not a villain, your body needs it to metabolize food.

      Carbs do raise blood glucose levels, but unless you are diabetic or prediabetic, there is no reason you need to worry about this. Your doctor should check your glucose as part of a regular checkup, if you are concerned.

      Some of the least obese cultures on earth eat rice and bread every day. If you are well off enough that you eat a variety of foods as well, and you eat within your calories, it's fine.
    • Posts: 41 Member
      Psychgrrl wrote: »
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      And forgive us our trans fats ...
      Haha
    • Posts: 41 Member
      PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
      The internet is a jerk. Kind of unfortunate, since the MFP community is internet. But we love you and don't want you to be afraid of food.
      Thank u
    • Posts: 41 Member
      Nony_Mouse wrote: »
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      For unleavened bread, try more like 12,000 years. For leavened (yeast) bread, it's about 6,000 years. Earliest archaeological evidence for flour goes back 30,000 years though: http://www.pnas.org/content/112/39/12075.abstract (suck on that, paleo dieters!).

      Rice domestication in China dates back to around 9,000 - 10,000 years ago.

      So yeah, we're good with eating the bread and rice.

      Than
      Khaliae wrote: »
      Bread isn't bad, just eat small amounts.
      If you want larger amounts of bread, I highly recommend the danish Rye bread, if you're able to get it somewhere (German version called schwarzbrot is almost as good and slightly more common)
      There're barely any wheat in rye bread and it's mainly fiber and wholegrains! it's great (^_^)

      thanks so much
    • Posts: 918 Member
      menen28 wrote: »
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      A page on fb seem to think bread rice and most carbs raises insulin

      curious as to which page said this?
    • Posts: 321 Member
      edited September 2017
      I made some homemade pita breads last night and am super excited to use them in whatever way I see fit. I ain't scared of no ghos--trolls--internet taboo diet tips.
    • Posts: 59 Member
      I have been trying Cauliflower rice. It is a decent alternative if you are worried about the calories of rice. I am also trying to make bread so that it has less junk in it than store bought. As to the insulin comment, my daughter is a Type 1 diabetic and has to give insulin for all the carbs that she eats. Her body no longer produces the insulin needed. It makes sense that bread and rice or any carb would raise insulin usage.
    • Posts: 1,283 Member
      I eat bread every day and I've lost 30 pounds since the spring.
    • Posts: 59 Member

      there is a difference though between someone who needs to medicate for insulin and a healthy person who doesn't - which the OP appears to be

      I do understand that, just saying that it makes sense that the body would need to produce something more for carbs. lol
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