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The Myth of Wheat Bread.
by: Health Mama
Wheat Bread is just as unhealthy as White. Oh the horror.

This article was taken from the idiot proof diet handbook.

Everybody thinks that eating "WHEAT" bread is somehow "healthy" or non fattening.

Similarly, people think that "wheat" pancakes are a "healthy" form of pancakes which are non fattening.

This type of absurd thinking is what helps to keep people overweight.

FACT: Wheat bread is just as unhealthy as normal white bread.

They both have a glycemic index rating (carb rating) which is too high (which is unhealthy).

If you are looking for a healthy form of bread then you should buy "Oat Bran Bread", it is a very healthy form of bread and is much healthier than regular wheat bread.

*Also, other foods made with Wheat Flour (such as wheat pancakes) are no more healthy than eating the same foods made with white flour.

It's just a myth that wheat flour foods are automatically healthier or less fattening.

You are probably wondering why "wheat bread" is sold in many health food stores and advertised as a "healthy" form of bread...

The truth is that lots of foods are advertised as healthy even though they are not.

For example, "natural honey" is often advertised as a "healthy" alternative to sugar, yet it has a glycemic rating (carb rating) which is virtually identical to sugar. Honey is one of the most fattening things you could possibly eat, yet it's "natural" and it's often advertised in health food stores as "healthy".

So you need to stop believing that wheat based foods are healthy because they are no more healthy than the same foods made with white flour, and you won't lose weight eating "wheat pancakes" or "wheat french toast" covered in syrup and butter.

*However, foods made with "oats" and "bran" ARE HEALTHIER than other foods, so if you found ""oat and bran pancakes"" then you would be eating a healthier form of pancakes.