Bread has recently become one of the controversial products around which disputes continue to subside. Many adherents of a healthy lifestyle have completely excluded it from the diet. Scientists advise not to rush into such a decision.
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1. There are a lot of calories in bread, so it’s better to switch to bread.
This is one of the most common misconceptions. Often those who have just switched to proper nutrition believe in this myth. Pay attention to the caloric value of these products. Compare: in a loaf - about 37 calories, and in a slice of bread - 33 calories. The energy value is approximately the same, since both products contain identical ingredients: flour, yeast, salt and sugar.
In addition, seeing thin bread, many are not limited to one thing. As a result, there is a search for calorie. Does it make sense to switch to bread? If only for complacency.
2. Gray bread is healthier than white.
Each species is useful in its own way. So, white bread is necessary for pathologies of the inflammatory nature of the gastrointestinal tract, including gastritis with high acidity, gastric ulcer, enteritis, and colitis. And gray bread is indicated for gastritis with low acidity, as well as for constipation, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
Israeli experts also found that both types of bread provoke a jump in blood glucose and give the body about the same amount of vitamins and minerals.
3. The best bread is gluten free.
Gluten-containing foods, including bread, are rich in important amino acids, trace elements and vitamins. But a gluten-free diet with self-administration can provoke a deficiency of beneficial bacteria in the intestine, which are necessary for the full functioning of the immune system. If you do not suffer from gluten intolerance (celiac disease), then you can not look on the shelves for bread marked gluten free.
4. You need to eat only yeast-free bread so that there is no flatulence.
Bread without yeast is one of the scam marketers. It arose on the wave of the widespread myth of the harmfulness of yeast to the human body: supposedly they can upset the balance of intestinal microflora and cause putrefactive phenomena in the digestive tract. Scientists have proved that yeast is not harmful to the body, since they die already at a temperature of 50 degrees. In the oven, when baking bread, it usually holds about 100 degrees.
Flatulence after eating bread really can be. But it’s not the yeast that is to blame, but the enzymes and flour improvers.