Even nutritionists no longer recommend completely eliminating bread from your diet. Yes, even if you lose weight. Especially if you’re losing weight!
In reasonable amounts it is a good source of carbohydrates. And if you choose the right bread, the benefits will not be limited to this. Today, many people are switching to whole grain bread. American nutritionist Kelsey Kunick explained why it is so useful.
The benefits of whole grain bread
Source of fiber
Fiber is good for your gut and also helps protect your heart and reduce your risk of cancer. One slice of whole wheat bread will provide 2-4 grams of fiber. Doctors recommend that adults eat 14 grams of fiber for every 1,000 calories consumed.
Help with weight loss
The thing is that such bread saturates well and helps you not feel hungry for longer. Therefore, the total calorie intake per day may decrease.
Cholesterol reduction
Whole grain bread helps limit the production of “bad” cholesterol and its absorption from food. To do this, it is enough to eat four medium slices of such bread a day.
Relief from constipation
When we eat whole grain bread, the body produces fatty acids that are beneficial for the gut microbiome and digestion. And insoluble dietary fiber helps achieve regular, healthy bowel movements, the doctor said in a column for Eat This, Not That!
Sugar regulation
Whole wheat bread contains a lot of carbohydrates, but also a lot of fiber. So such bread is digested slowly and sugar is absorbed into the blood more slowly. According to Kunick, recent studies show that people whose diets are rich in whole grains have a nearly one-third lower risk of developing diabetes than those who don’t eat any.
Who should not eat whole wheat bread?
“To get the maximum benefit from whole grain bread, you should choose a yeast-free product with natural sourdough, especially for people with a diseased liver,” nutritionist-gastroenterologist Nuria Dianova said earlier.
She does not recommend eating such bread to people with a sedentary lifestyle. Because it contains a lot of calories that have nowhere to burn. During an exacerbation of pancreatitis, wholemeal bread is also contraindicated.
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