From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!wbux5!wb2!houxz!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!jeremy Newsgroups: net.cooks Title: Re: white vs. whole wheat bread - (nf) Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1650 Posted: Sun Mar 13 22:29:09 1983 Received: Tue Mar 15 01:48:57 1983 #R:uiucdcs:8600013:uiucdcs:8600022:000:1456 uiucdcs!jeremy Mar 13 20:32:00 1983 Speaking as a Biochemist, you're not really hurting your body at all. White bread is enriched, usually with 100% of the daily adult requirements (not always, though). That means that you're getting all the vitamins and nutrients that get bleached out when the wheat is processed. Since you do eat a fair amount of ruf- fage; i.e.raw veggies; you're not really doing your body any harm. The reason that I eat whole-wheat bread and such is because I like the taste a lot better than white bread. Since I became turned on to whole-wheat, I really feel that white bread is pret- ty bland. I seem to run into quite a few people on health food kicks who don't really seem informed about the subject. These are the kind of people who read "Newsweek" or "Omni" and think that the articles in these types of publications really tell you the truth about everything. Actually the kind of arti- cles most lay people are exposed to that tell you about how healthy something is are so watered down that they almost miss the boat completely on whatever topic they are trying to represent. Anyway, as long as you're eating lots of ruffage, protein and getting at least the minimum requirements of vitamins and minerals, you're fine. My advice is to eat your white bread, however bland I find it to be, and live long and prosper. Cathy Flynn University of Illinois