How to Pick a Healthy Bread (Healthytarian Minutes ep. 37)
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2017
- Healthytarian Minutes with holistic teacher Evita Ochel (www.evitaochel.com). This episode explains the quality problems with bread and shares guidelines to help you choose a healthier bread option.
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More information:
1. How to Choose the Best Bread (www.evolvingwellness.com/post/...)
2. Healthy Bread: Food for Life's Ezekiel (www.evolvingwellness.com/post/...)
Video Transcript:
Bread used to be a healthy staple of many diets. Unfortunately modern bread has turned into a problematic food source for our health, weight, and energy levels. Today’s bread is highly processed, uses refined grain products, added fats and sugars, and is high in sodium.
However there are several things you can do to pick a healthier bread and it all starts with reading the ingredients so that you:
- Choose breads that are fully based on whole grain flours. Note that multigrain claims don’t guarantee whole grains.
- Choose breads without added fats or oils.
- Choose breads without added sugars.
- Choose breads without artificial additives or preservatives.
- Choose breads without genetically modified ingredients.
- Choose breads based on organic ingredients, as much as possible.
If you need to or want to avoid gluten, look for gluten-free options that are as wholesome as possible, and also follow these guidelines.
Also, be sure to check the nutrition facts label to see the sodium level of your bread. The sodium amount per serving should be equal to or less than the amount of calories.
Ultimately, the healthiest bread you can choose is one made of whole, soaked, sprouted and/or fermented grains. This means a high quality sourdough bread or a true Ezekiel bread, which is flourless and extremely nutrient-dense.
Thanks Evita!
My pleasure :)
Ezekiel bread I have never heard of it I will have to try
Hope you enjoy!
Please demonstra to make bread at home.
Thank you for the suggestion. While homemade bread can be a good option for some people, this channel is based on optimal health and nutrition, which includes very little or no baked foods, as these are nutritionally inferior and can increase the risk of various health issues, so it wouldn't be something that I would be providing.
All advertised" healthy breads" including daves killer breads and ezekiel breads. Dave in last 6 month has gone up to 6 bucks a loaf andnow has oil in it.which makes bread gummy and hard to spread say PB. Toasting it lightly causes it to be hard lime stale. Ezekiel bread tried again after years of not eating. Too expensive for me. It is hard to chew like stale and the tag shows 3 more days freshness. Frozen and defrosted both bought in store. I am so frustrated. I can't afford 6 bucks a loaf and doubt bed the oil in any healthy bread that changes taste or makes like brick. And ezekiel bread is hard before you start and TNT is expensive 5-6. A loaf. Help!! I hate the big conglomerate companies the ingredients are 4 inches long. That's horrible
If none of these options are available to you for the various reasons, and no other good ones are possible, then the best option would be not to eat bread period. It is not a necessary food and your health will be even better if you swap it for a real whole grain, like a cooked bowl of oatmeal, brown rice, or quinoa. To help ourselves feel better at any given time, we must focus on the solutions and not the problems, so in this case I encourage you, as much as possible, to change the meals you eat with bread into meals made with other ingredients. Otherwise, you could always consider baking your own bread at home using the ingredients you most want in a bread maker, or just make simple crepe-like wraps, that only require a whole grain flour and water. Best wishes!
A big thanks for asking these questions. I’ve had the same frustrations!! And, I choose to continue with the joy of a eating good healthy bread.😊 So I will follow the guidelines she has in the video: ‘how to pick the right bread’. Good wishes✌️🧚🏽♀️
Or better still bake your own.
Most definitely, Angela. Making your own from the highest quality and most wholesome ingredients is best. Thanks for your presence here!
@@Healthytarian Thank you for you're channel.