100% Whole Grain Bread

vanessa5691 · 11-26-2006, 06:16 AM

I just bought a loaf of "Nature's Own 100% Whole Grain." I swear it looks and tastes exactly the same as regular wheat bread... how good is this bread?
http://www.naturesownbread.com/NAT_V...8&ProductID=17

**IainDaniel** · 11-26-2006, 07:20 AM

This one looks better http://www.naturesownbread.com/NAT_V...&ProductID=288

Witchblade · 11-26-2006, 08:03 AM

My diet consists of whole grain bread for about 55%. Sadly.

It's good stuff though. Make a sandwich of it with tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, eggs and ham and you're all set.

BigDyl · 11-26-2006, 09:01 AM

bread = bad

JimSnow · 11-26-2006, 10:41 AM

Slightly off topic. But, at work last night I was thinking about the time my mother asked me a question at the dinner table when I was a child once. I was chewing a piece of meat as she inquired. As she and the family awaited an answer, I crammed some bread into my mouth and continued chewing.

Well, she got all hysterical because she interpreted this as ignoring her.. she was bi-polar and prone to fits of rage - and a terrible cook.

What I was trying to do was break down the tough meat with something in the bread that tends to do this (enzymes?) - in order to be able to reply quickly.

Funny, when I look back. Not a Norman Rockwell family I grew up in.

What chemical reaction was taking place?

BTW - Post made me think of a PS Entry I did for Worth 1000 a while back:
http://www.worth1000.com/view.asp?en...play=photoshop

vanessa5691 · 11-26-2006, 10:50 AM

slightly off topic??

**CowPimp** · 11-26-2006, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BigDyl

bread = bad

I'm not sure if you're serious or not, but I disagree. I think the majority of breads out there have unnecessary ingredients and tend to be overly processed, but there are also plenty of viable bread products available. I probably wouldn't make it a huge portion of your carbohydrate intake, but some bread is certainly acceptable.

You have to remember, the difference between a bodybuilding competition diet and a diet intended to get someone to a healthy/attractive body fat level are two different stories.

JimSnow · 11-26-2006, 12:27 PM

I don't eat much bread. I've never been a bread person. Has nothing to do w/ bodybuilding for me.

I do however have to have 3 thick pieces of Texas Toast, smothered in butter... along w/ my steak, icecream float, baked potato blanketed w/ a pound of cheese and everything else possibly objectionable, orange jello w/ mandarin oranges... and salad w/ processed simulated meat.

I'm hungry... you guys are too tough!

vinceforheismen · 11-26-2006, 02:32 PM

man.. i thoguht this kind of bread was good.. i have 4 slices of it everyday

JimSnow · 11-26-2006, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by vinceforheismen

man.. i thoguht this kind of bread was good.. i have 4 slices of it everyday

It's a lot better than the [i]Merita Whiter Than White Can Be I grew up with. I'm a very white guy, too!

Don't let these guys freak you out. How do you make a sandwich without bread anyhow? Duh.

BTW - "Gardetto" makes those chrispy rye chips you used to pick out of the mix. "Special Request". I don't have to throw the pretzels in the aquarium anymore! Yep, I'm throwing all that sodium to my poor community fish.

BTW - "Merita" still has the I-85 sign I used to see when I could first see... early 1960s, Charlotte, NC.

vortrit · 11-26-2006, 04:05 PM

I like bread myself. I have been getting Pepperidge Farms Oat Bread. Seems to be the best thing I can find locally. Sometimes I get organic bread.

JimSnow · 11-26-2006, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by vortrit

I like bread myself. I have been getting Pepperidge Farms Oat Bread. Seems to be the best thing I can find locally. Sometimes I get organic bread.

As a grocery retailer... I've noticed a "slight downward" trend in the sales of the bandwagon's so-called "Organic" product. Thank God! Some that once sold are sitting on the shelves rotting now. Many are being discontinued.

This trend got old fast! LOL

What's the next new old idea?

BigDyl · 11-26-2006, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by vortrit

I like bread myself. I have been getting Pepperidge Farms Oat Bread. Seems to be the best thing I can find locally. Sometimes I get organic bread.

It has High Fructose Corn Syrup in it.

vortrit · 11-26-2006, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by JimSnow

As a grocery retailer... I've noticed a "slight downward" trend in the sales of the bandwagon's so-called "Organic" product. Thank God! Some that once sold are sitting on the shelves rotting now. Many are being discontinued.

This trend got old fast! LOL

What's the next new old idea?

I don't buy many organic products. But the nutritional value of organic bread is better, I believe. Also, I have not found any real organic bread in any local stores anyway. As far as I am aware, real organic bread has to be kept frozen until purchased. I believe the big difference is that it don't have any preservatives in it. Which the bread I usually get has less than 2%, I think... Which is not a big deal.

All I can say is I follow a fairly good diet, have a lower percentage of body fat than the majority out there, and I'm eating, at least, 2X better than a majority of people twice my age. I'm not going to worry about eating bread...

JimSnow · 11-26-2006, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by vortrit

I don't buy many organic products. But the nutritional value of organic bread is better, I believe. Also, I have not found any real organic bread in any local stores anyway. As far as I am aware, real organic bread has to be kept frozen until purchased. I believe the big difference is that it don't have any preservatives in it. Which the bread I usually get has less than 2%, I think... Which is not a big deal.

All I can say is I follow a fairly good diet, have a lower percentage of body fat than the majority out there, and I'm eating, at least, 2X better than a majority of people twice my age. I'm not going to worry about eating bread...

The largest difference between so-called "organic products" and otherwise is the price. Preservatives have never been scribed as a cause on anyone's certificate of death. Many others things to be concerned about before that.

We all eat bread... if you're choosing the best consumer whole grain product you can find at your grocery retailer - you've done all you need to do.

I dislike when people put to fine a point on dietary matters here. Don't eliminate processed grain products... unless you feel the need to eat unprocessed grain straight from the farmer's field. Geesh!

vortrit · 11-26-2006, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by JimSnow

The largest difference between so-called "organic products" and otherwise is the price. Preservatives have never been scribed as a cause on anyone's certificate of death. Many others things to be concerned about before that.

We all eat bread... if you're choosing the best consumer whole grain product you can find at your grocery retailer - you've done all you need to do.

I dislike when people put to fine a point on dietary matters here. Don't eliminate processed grain products... unless you feel the need to eat unprocessed grain straight from the farmer's field. Geesh!

True. I think the main issue was with pestisides, growth hormones, etc...

JimSnow · 11-26-2006, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by vortrit

True. I think the main issue was with pestisides, growth hormones, etc...

Life Expectancy continues to grow, despite these "newfound revelations" that almost all of us ignor as the "fashion of the day". Just a trend.

And honestly, since I can't force myself to consciously take growth hormones... I hope all those bloated chickens I'm eating are giving my testosterone level a nice kick!

Pesticides... I probably got 10 years of consumer food dosage of toxin chasing that waterbug last week with a can of raid. I grew up before DDT was eliminated... I'm a dead man walkin'.

This is silly.

vortrit · 11-26-2006, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimSnow

Life Expectancy continues to grow, despite these "newfound revelations" that almost all of us ignor as the "fashion of the day". Just a trend.

And honestly, since I can't force myself to consciously take growth hormones... I hope all those bloated chickens I'm eating are giving my testosterone level a nice kick!

Pesticides... I probably got 10 years of consumer food dosage of toxin chasing that waterbug last week with a can of raid. I grew up before DDT was eliminated... I'm a dead man walkin'.

This is silly.

True. I don't worry about it much anymore.

**CowPimp** · 11-26-2006, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimSnow

Life Expectancy continues to grow, despite these "newfound revelations" that almost all of us ignor as the "fashion of the day". Just a trend.

And honestly, since I can't force myself to consciously take growth hormones... I hope all those bloated chickens I'm eating are giving my testosterone level a nice kick!

Pesticides... I probably got 10 years of consumer food dosage of toxin chasing that waterbug last week with a can of raid. I grew up before DDT was eliminated... I'm a dead man walkin'.

This is silly.

Yeah, but at the same time your chance of getting cancer is 2500% higher than it was at the turn of the century. Also, quality of life is a factor, not just the length of life. I do my best to keep unnecessary ingredients out of my food. I don't think it's going to hurt.

vortrit · 11-27-2006, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by CowPimp

Yeah, but at the same time your chance of getting cancer is 2500% higher than it was at the turn of the century. Also, quality of life is a factor, not just the length of life. I do my best to keep unnecessary ingredients out of my food. I don't think it's going to hurt.

I was actually thinking about that later... About the cancer.

Also, a lot of the organic foods I get I buy in bulk because they are sold in bulk at the health food store, and therefore are actually cheaper than stuff I could get in the regular store. For example, it cost me about $2.99 for a box of Quacker Oat Bran (16 oz.) I bought a bag at Akins Heath Food Store for $2.50 and it was 32 oz. I think nuts are cheaper too. I also bought some organic buckwheat pancake mix (eating one right now) last time I was there. I don't remember how much it cost, but it was cheap.

BigDyl · 11-28-2006, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by vortrit

I was actually thinking about that later... About the cancer.

Also, a lot of the organic foods I get I buy in bulk because they are sold in bulk at the health food store, and therefore are actually cheaper than stuff I could get in the regular store. For example, it cost me about $2.99 for a box of Quacker Oat Bran (16 oz.) I bought a bag at Akins Heath Food Store for $2.50 and it was 32 oz. I think nuts are cheaper too. I also bought some organic buckwheat pancake mix (eating one right now) last time I was there. I don't remember how much it cost, but it was cheap.

Wow, I wish I knew where a cheap organic store was.

Plateau_Max · 11-28-2006, 11:03 AM

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I don't eat much bread. I've never been a bread person. Has nothing to do w/ bodybuilding for me.

I do however have to have 3 thick pieces of Texas Toast, smothered in butter... along w/ my steak, icecream float, baked potato blanketed w/ a pound of cheese and everything else possibly objectionable, orange jello w/ mandarin oranges... and salad w/ processed simulated meat.

I'm hungry... you guys are too tough!

Jim you're making me count the minutes to my refeed day...

NeilPearson · 11-28-2006, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CowPimp

Yeah, but at the same time your chance of getting cancer is 2500% higher than it was at the turn of the century. Also, quality of life is a factor, not just the length of life. I do my best to keep unnecessary ingredients out of my food. I don't think it's going to hurt.

Actually your chance of them diagnosing it as cancer is 2500% higher. I think it is actually less common now - that is if you are comparing people of the same age. You can't look at a 45 year old who dies of 'old age' in 1900 and compare them to an 85 year old in 2006 that dies of cancer. It's hard to compare 1900 deaths to today. People just didn't live long enough to get cancer.

Give me cancer at 85 over dying in a mine at 25...

Plateau_Max · 11-28-2006, 11:29 AM

People did not die of old age at 45 in 1900, the average lifespan of 45 takes into account the countless youth that died from poverty back in those days.

**IainDaniel** · 11-28-2006, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Plateau_Max

People did not die of old age at 45 in 1900, the average lifespan of 45 takes into account the countless youth that died from poverty back in those days.

That may be the case, but people did not live as long back then

Compare the numbers

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005140.html

11-26-2006, 06:16 AM	#1
vanessa5691 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 81	100% Whole Grain Bread I just bought a loaf of "Nature's Own 100% Whole Grain." I swear it looks and tastes exactly the same as regular wheat bread... how good is this bread? http://www.naturesownbread.com/NAT_V...8&ProductID=17

11-26-2006, 07:20 AM	#2
IainDaniel My Role Model Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 15,846	This one looks better http://www.naturesownbread.com/NAT_V...&ProductID=288
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Witchblade Succinct Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Holland Posts: 4,422 Photos: 2	My diet consists of whole grain bread for about 55%. Sadly. It's good stuff though. Make a sandwich of it with tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, eggs and ham and you're all set.
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11-26-2006, 10:41 AM	#5
JimSnow Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NC, USA Posts: 625 Photos: 2	Slightly off topic. But, at work last night I was thinking about the time my mother asked me a question at the dinner table when I was a child once. I was chewing a piece of meat as she inquired. As she and the family awaited an answer, I crammed some bread into my mouth and continued chewing. Well, she got all hysterical because she interpreted this as ignoring her.. she was bi-polar and prone to fits of rage - and a terrible cook. What I was trying to do was break down the tough meat with something in the bread that tends to do this (enzymes?) - in order to be able to reply quickly. Funny, when I look back. Not a Norman Rockwell family I grew up in. What chemical reaction was taking place? BTW - Post made me think of a PS Entry I did for Worth 1000 a while back: http://www.worth1000.com/view.asp?en...play=photoshop Last edited by JimSnow : 11-26-2006 at 10:52 AM.
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11-26-2006, 12:27 PM	#8
JimSnow Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NC, USA Posts: 625 Photos: 2	I don't eat much bread. I've never been a bread person. Has nothing to do w/ bodybuilding for me. I do however have to have 3 thick pieces of Texas Toast, smothered in butter... along w/ my steak, icecream float, baked potato blanketed w/ a pound of cheese and everything else possibly objectionable, orange jello w/ mandarin oranges... and salad w/ processed simulated meat. I'm hungry... you guys are too tough!
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11-26-2006, 10:50 AM	#6
vanessa5691 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 81	slightly off topic??

11-26-2006, 02:32 PM	#9
vinceforheismen Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 397	man.. i thoguht this kind of bread was good.. i have 4 slices of it everyday

11-26-2006, 04:05 PM	#11
vortrit Bulk. Cut. Repeat. Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 2,652 Blog Entries: 1 Photos: 5	I like bread myself. I have been getting Pepperidge Farms Oat Bread. Seems to be the best thing I can find locally. Sometimes I get organic bread.

11-28-2006, 11:29 AM	#24
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