| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | serving containing 0.4 grams of trans fat) then you just |
| I think one of the greatest benefits received by baking | | | | consumed 1.6 grams of trans fat, despite the fact that |
| your own whole wheat bread is the long term health | | | | the nutrition panel on your bread claims that it has zero |
| benefits you reap. When you bake whole wheat | | | | grams of trans fat per serving. |
| bread you control every ingredient put into it. No | | | | You can't trust store bought bread, it's that simple. The |
| artificial sweeteners, emulsifiers, no bleached then | | | | bread manufacturing companies do what they can to |
| enriched flour and no other unnecessary additives that | | | | save money in production of the bread but in the long |
| take away from the health of the bread. | | | | run it costs you your health. The only solution that I've |
| To see for yourself what I'm talking about, go get a | | | | found is to bake your own bread. This isn't as |
| loaf of bread that you've bought from the store, now | | | | complicated as it sounds, it's actually very easy once |
| read the ingredient list and google all of the really long | | | | you learn how. |
| words that don't sound like natural ingredients. You will | | | | My favorite bread to bake is whole wheat bread |
| be shocked at what you discover. | | | | because it's so heart healthy and you get so many |
| For example, the ingredient "monoglycerides," found in | | | | vitamins and minerals from it. If the whole wheat bread |
| almost every store bought bread, is actually | | | | is made correctly you also get a really amazing tasting |
| hydrogenated oil/fat otherwise known as trans fat. | | | | bread that can put store bought imitations to shame. I |
| Hydrogenated oil is oil saturated with hydrogen at a | | | | call them imitations because a lot of bread |
| high temperature. This creates tight bonds with the | | | | manufacturers actually use white flour to make "whole |
| hydrogen which allows it to remain semisolid at room | | | | wheat" bread and then color it with caramel to make it |
| temperature and increases shelf life drastically by | | | | look authentic. So again check ingredients on your |
| delaying rancidity. What allows it to be solid is how | | | | bread. If the bread has unbleached enriched flour as |
| tightly the molecules of the fat bond to each other. In | | | | the first ingredient you could actually be buying white |
| your blood stream this means the fat clumps to itself | | | | bread disguised as whole wheat bread, look for |
| much easier and clogs your veins much easier. | | | | caramel coloring in the ingredients list as well to prove |
| This is why hydrogenated oils and trans fats have | | | | this. |
| been labeled "the silent killer" because they dramatically | | | | Other ingredients to watch out for: |
| increase the risk of coronary heart disease. The bread | | | | Calcium sulfate: This is also known as plaster of Paris, |
| manufacturers try to be sneaky and put | | | | this additive is used as a dough conditioner and firming |
| monoglycerides in the list of ingredients in place of | | | | agent. As it absorbs moisture and hardens quickly, one |
| hydrogenated oils to fool you. You could look at the | | | | caution is that it can cause intestinal obstruction. It is |
| nutrition panel on the same loaf of bread with the | | | | banned in some countries. |
| ingredient monoglycerides and under trans fats it will list | | | | Calcium propionate: This additive is used as a mold |
| zero grams. This is because under FDA regulations if | | | | inhibitor but may be linked to migraines. |
| the serving contains less than 0.5 grams of trans fat, | | | | So do yourself a favor and start baking your own |
| the package is free to say it has zero. | | | | bread. It's probably one of the greatest health choices |
| But lets say you eat four slices of bread (with each | | | | you can make. |