BigDyl

Ok, I think there are some MISCONCEPTIONS out there about what WHOLE WHEAT bread really is. First off, when I look at this so called WHOLE WHEAT bread product (Pepperidge Farm "Natural" German Dark Wheat Bread), it contains 20 + ingredients, 3 grams of sugar. Now I'm no bread expert, but from what I've seen you can make bread with less than 10 ingredients or so. What are all these extra ingredient? Like HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. I'm guessing you don't want that in your WHOLE WHEAT bread. I swear that 95% of these breads are not healthy whole wheat breads, there white bread in disguise.

As part of my investigation I bought the healthiest bread I could find at a health food store. It is certified "healthy," and organic.


Exhibit A:

French Meadow Bakery, Mens Bread

Ingredients of healthiest bread ever concieved of:

Stoneground Hard Red Spring Wheat Flour, Filtered Water, Organic Flaxseed, Organic Pumpkin Seeds, Organic Oat Bran, Organic low fat Soy Flour, Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Sesame Seeds, Raw Sprouted Organic Fava Beans, Organic Sunflower Seeds, Sprouted Organic Millet, Pea Protien Isolate, Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Soy Germ, Organic Sprouted Quinoa, Sprouted Oraganic Amaranth, Sprouted Organic Spelt, Sprouted Organic Kamut, Sprouted Organic Barely, Sproted Organic Oats, Unrefined Sea Salt.

1 Slice:

89 Calories
Total Fat: 3 Grams (From flaxseed)
Protien: 6 Grams
Carbohydrate: 9 Grams


This bread seems to have 1/3 the amount of carbs as a normal slice of bread with tripple the protien. However I wonder about the number of ingredients.

I would like to eat bread in my diet, but I don't want it to have a negative effect on my diet.

Discuss.

Total ownage.

Hlanderr

eat it bitch

Hlanderr

nah the bread sounds actually pretty good....
but yeah the extra ingredients are kinda strange.... pee isolates?! not sure if ive ever heard of it.... interesting


not a bad bread to make a post post workout meal sandwich with.... thats a good amount of protein just from the bread.... ill keep an eye out for that bread next time in the supermarket

must be kinda expensive though?

BigDyl

Yes, very expensive, like 5 dollars a loaf.

No, it would be bad PW.

Total ownage.

BigDyl

Exhibit B is comming soon. I plan to do a few case studies to see which the best REAL whole wheat bread is. This way you don't have to cut bread completely out of your diet, you can have a slice or 2 on your medium/high carb days, if your cycling that is.

Total ownage.

Hlanderr

why would it be bad post post workout? it has extra protein?

just so we are clear, post post workout meal

BigDyl

It has flaxseed fat in it which would slow digestion down PWO.

Total ownage.

justbecause

where did u find this "wonder" bread?

Emma-Leigh

Fat in your Post-Post workout meal is fine. It is fat in your Post-workout shake you want to avoid.


And that bread looks fine - whether or not you want to include it is up to you. It is not going to 'harm' you - t doesn't have HFCS in it, nor trans-fats. It also doesn't have other added sweeteners or oils and I would imagine it would be pretty high in fibre as well.

So if you want to eat it then just make room for it as a carb source.

myCATpowerlifts

Good bread is so damn expensive, I bought a $3 dollar loaf the other day.
And I'm so damn cheap

Sucks to be spending $3 on a loaf of about 16 pieces
when you could spend 1.09 and get 20 pieces...

strongpointe85

its worth it for health's sake... trust me man

Who needs OTC supplements other than Vitamins when theres so much god damned FOOD!?!?!