Whats the big deal with Wheat bread?

[yosshimura]

Here is another comparison I made....wheat bread and regular american bread.

Wheat: 2g carb less than white
& protein for wheat is 4g vs 2g for white

both numbers are for 1 slice.

Doesn't look like a big deal to me....maybe it should and I should micromanage my diet more

 

[chillin408]

Both wheat and white bread are bad food choices while dieting because they are both high in calories. It would take at least 5 times the calories from bread than vegetables to feel contempt and full after eating. Just like you pointed out, there is no significant difference between white and wheat bread.

 

[gymtime]

There's wheat and there's wheat. Some wheat is just uncolored white bread such as Wonder Wheat, something like that. But you can't go wrong with multi-grain bread. It tastes pretty much the same as wheat and it's low GI. It's an excellent diet food IMO.

 

[anthrax]

agrre with gymtime

you can also rely on organic whole wheat bread

 

[yosshimura]

Do they sell this "real" whole wheat bread at the supermarket or do I have to go to a health food store? I looked at several wheat breads on the shelf at the market and they had similar ingredients /percentages...maybe it is like the high end breads, peperidge farm or somethin>??

 

[gymtime]

I'm not real sure about organic wheat bread, as far as it's availability in the stores. But you can get multi-grain bread in any grocery store.