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

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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