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Title: ‘Wholesome’ breads may not necessarily be healthiest choice for everyone, study reveals
Post by: rangerrebew on June 10, 2017, 12:30:11 pm
‘Wholesome’ breads may not necessarily be healthiest choice for everyone, study reveals


June 9, 2017

Bread occupies a unique place in our diet: it accounts for about one-tenth of the calories many people in the West consume and up to 40 percent of the caloric consumption in some non-Western countries – more than any other food product. In the past few decades, since white bread has acquired a bad name, bakeries have been going out of their way to produce high-quality whole grain breads. But a new study conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science and published recently in Cell Metabolism reveals that these "wholesome" choices are not necessarily the healthiest for everyone.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20170609/e28098Wholesomee28099-breads-may-not-necessarily-be-healthiest-choice-for-everyone-study-reveals.aspx