White Bread: Why Is It Bad For You?

White Bread: Why Is It Bad For You? This one item that has long been a constant at every body's breakfast tables, has earned quite a bad reputation over recent years. We keep being told that white bread is bad for us, for your health; why exactly is this? What is it about white bread that is so bad for you? Here are three of those reasons which will make you think again about the bread you choose to buy. Refined flour The process of refining wheat flour strips it of many of the nutrients and health giving properties that wheat naturally has. The wheat germ and bran, which are the most nutritious part of the wheat grain, includes vitamins and minerals and these are removed when making refined flour. All that remains is starch and small quantity of protein. This protein is not a good quality protein. The starch is converted into sugar and is stored in the body as fat. Refined flour provides what are sometimes known as empty calories, or calories without the goodness or nutritional va...