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Bread or ?????

rustee — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:42:16 GMT

Many people have selected to decrease the amount of bread they eat.

If this is your choice, what do you eat instead? If you continue to eat bread,

what types of bread products do you eat?

I enjoy eating toast with peanut butter for breakfast. On a semi-regular

basis I replace the bread slice with a flavored rice cake.

Pepperidge Farm Farmhouse Sourdough bread is my fave.

Re: Bread or ?????

HappyDaze — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:57:16 GMT

100% whole grain organic bread for me and dont plan on eliminating it from my diet. I too like a piece of toast with 100% pure peanut butter (i.e. Nothing but peanuts-no added salt or sugar, etc) or almond butter first thing in the morning. Sometimes with some sliced banana on it too. I used to eat rice cakes on occasion when I was younger but not anymore.

Re: Bread or ?????

violann — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:00:15 GMT

Both are grain based foods, and neither work for me if I want to feel my best on a regular basis.

If I want peanut butter, I eat it on Granny Smith apples or on celery. Both combos are yummy!

Re: Bread or ?????

Sweet_Serenity — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:07:20 GMT

Mary's Gone Crackers Brand 👍

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PINKdogWOOD — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:25:40 GMT

Bread for me must be unbromated unbleached flour otherwise I don't buy it. Bread is a downfall for me - like Oprah, I like bread and I know sometimes I eat too much of it. It's hard for me not to.

But it MUST be unbromated. It's getter a little easier to find it, some artisan breads and most times most of Pepperidge Farm is this way.

Re: Bread or ?????

Lovingq — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:35:02 GMT

I have not totally eliminated bread but have reduced it from my food choices by eating it just once a week and sometimes once every other week and because I so seldom eat it, I am not always looking for organic. For example twice a month I'll buy the French Brioche Hamburger Buns with organic grass fed Buffalo Meat and make hamburgers. Here's the packaging for the buns which have a really good taste and dh loves them too. Are they organic....I have no idea and I don't care.

My other bread choice lately has been the Honey Wheat footlong roll they use at Subway....absolutely not organic which is normally all I eat but again I don't care because twice a month is all I consume and not even every month, I'm always changing up my food choices. I buy the rotisserie Chicken because it is free of antibiotics and hormones. I do not use Subway's veggies and I do not use their dressing. My veggies and dressing are organic and so I dress the sandwich at home. I don't usually buy a loaf of organic bread anymore because it will go bad before it is finished. Neither of us eat it everyday and if we had it in the house, we'd snack on it which we don't want to do.

For breakfast each day I consume a choc protein whey powder mixed with organic greens (a powder), organic whole husk psyllium and organic extra virgin coconut oil mixed with water. It tastes really good and mixes really well.

I eat salads with walnuts and I usually buy mache rosettes from Whole Foods. It's really delicious. I seldom build a salad anymore from their salad bar. I'm over that although it took me a long time to kick the habit. Got skeeved out a few times from kids poking the food and just couldn't do it anymore.

I'm not a vegan (obviously). I eat hardboiled eggs and chicken on occasion as well as bison. Smith's Kroger now sells roasted chickens that are also free of antibiotics and hormones. Both dh and I like eating those. We don't cook much although do cook more in the winter because it's so hot here in the summer we don't feel like heating up our kitchen.

Re: Bread or ?????

qualitygal — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:36:35 GMT

English muffins.

Re: Bread or ?????

qualitygal — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:40:12 GMT

@PINKdogWOOD wrote:
Bread for me must be unbromated unbleached flour otherwise I don't buy it. Bread is a downfall for me - like Oprah, I like bread and I know sometimes I eat too much of it. It's hard for me not to.

But it MUST be unbromated. It's getter a little easier to find it, some artisan breads and most times most of Pepperidge Farm is this way.

I had to look this up!!! What a shock. How do you tell unbromated flours in your breads under the ingredients? Does that question make sense? What should I look for beyond Pepperidge Farm bread? Thanks.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:43:34 GMT

I have a slice of multi-grain toast (dry) with my coffee, every morning.

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Lovingq — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:46:05 GMT

@qualitygal wrote:
@PINKdogWOOD wrote:
Bread for me must be unbromated unbleached flour otherwise I don't buy it. Bread is a downfall for me - like Oprah, I like bread and I know sometimes I eat too much of it. It's hard for me not to.

But it MUST be unbromated. It's getter a little easier to find it, some artisan breads and most times most of Pepperidge Farm is this way.
I had to look this up!!! What a shock. How do you tell unbromated flours in your breads under the ingredients? Does that question make sense? What should I look for beyond Pepperidge Farm bread? Thanks.

@qualitygal thought I'd pop in to say that the label usually states if bromine was used. When bromine is heated it turns into bromide which is bad for the body.

Re: Bread or ?????

ValuSkr — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:46:00 GMT

We like Arnold Whole Grains breads and Sandwich Thins.

FOOD WITHOUT FRILLS

Shanus — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:47:35 GMT

Back in the day, which makes me sound like 90, we just went food shopping, prepared our meal and ate it. Now I go crazy looking up carbs, sugars, fats, & total calories. Is this organic or not & does that really matter? Grain fed or grass fed? If my daughter's visiting, I have to also check labels for gluten free.

It's exhausting especially bringing my magnifyiying glass in my bag to read all this on the packaging. Shopping takes 3 times as long & I dread it.

I'm not the only fact checker, so why is the population more obese than ever before? Type 2 diabetes more prevalent? Heart attack and stroke, high cholesterol & high blood pressure on the rise as well?

Could it be we were better off before we knew all this info? Maybe our bodies can't digest or adapt to all this extra fiber and grains I'm just hearing about.

Re: FOOD WITHOUT FRILLS

Sweet_Serenity — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:53:34 GMT

@Shanus wrote:
Back in the day, which makes me sound like 90, we just went food shopping, prepared our meal and ate it. Now I go crazy looking up carbs, sugars, fats, & total calories. Is this organic or not & does that really matter? Grain fed or grass fed? If my daughter's visiting, I have to also check labels for gluten free.

It's exhausting especially bringing my magnifyiying glass in my bag to read all this on the packaging. Shopping takes 3 times as long & I dread it.

I'm not the only fact checker, so why is the population more obese than ever before? Type 2 diabetes more prevalent? Heart attack and stroke, high cholesterol & high blood pressure on the rise as well?

Could it be we were better off before we knew all this info? Maybe our bodies can't digest or adapt to all this extra fiber and grains I'm just hearing about.

To answer your questions, No we weren't better off. Processed foods and high sugar salt intake along with meat cheese promotes problems. Really is simple! More you shop outside perimeters of the store better it is for your health and waistline also pocket book.

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Poodlepet2 — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:54:31 GMT

I'm in the same camp as Violann, but alternatives abound! You can quickly make all kinds of breads and baked goods using almond meal, flax and coconut flour. Cloud bread is easy and delicious....I have no shortage! I love Paleo wraps....

Mary's Gone Crackers are wonderful and so is Crunch Master....

So many things taste great on lettuce wraps, Apple's or other fruit slices-sweet potatoes, jicama....

It's easy to go grain free these days BUT, many commercial alternatives pack a wallop in the carb and calorie departments. In the end, the ingredients used to make them are still fine flours and are easily converted into glucose. That may not be an issue if you are not diabetic or pre-diabetic or carb sensitive.

Poodlepet2

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queendiva — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:10:38 GMT

Once every week or two I indulge in a good old Jersey bagel with cream cheese. Other than that, bread is off the table for me. Must keep carbs to a minimum for health, weight loss and blood sugar control.

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Shanus — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:17:44 GMT

For sure @Poodlepet2, once you actually have to watch your intake of carbs, sugars, etc., the hunt for "good for you" food and imaginative alternatives takes over the shopping list. I've learned to shop the right side of the store (veggies), along the back, chicken, fish and meats, and then along the far left for yogurt, milk, cheese, etc. If I stay out of the middle aisles where all the pre-prepared and junk food live, I'm much off.

😘

Shanus

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Shanus — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:22:42 GMT

@queendiva. I carefully watch sugar/carbs, too. I can live w/o sweets, but take away my bread and pasta and I get mean. Once a week, I allow myself a semi-cheat day. Either 1/2 a whole wheat bagel (ever read the carbs for an entire one?), whole wheat pasta w/ sauce or popcorn at the movies. Once you begin denying yourself the foods you love forever, the diet is doomed.

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shoptilyadropagain — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:44:10 GMT

I'm not a huge bread lover/eater. However, there are certain things I will eat that call for bread or a bun....bacon & eggs w/ toast, a hamburger, sloppy joes, etc. I normally buy some sort of whole wheat or whole grain loaf of bread and package of buns.

If I'm at a restaurant, I will order some kind of a wrap over a sandwich. If the restaurant offers bread with your entree, I don't eat it. At large family dinnrs, I never eat the rolls. I've just never been overly fond of bread.

Re: FOOD WITHOUT FRILLS

sidsmom — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:15:55 GMT

@Shanus wrote:

It's exhausting especially bringing my magnifyiying glass in my bag to read all this on the packaging. Shopping takes 3 times as long & I dread it.

I'm not the only fact checker, so why is the population more obese than ever before? Type 2 diabetes more prevalent? Heart attack and stroke, high cholesterol & high blood pressure on the rise as well?

Food with a label? Walk away. It's a processed item. Health is not 'processed'.

Why is the population more obese than ever before?

It's the "AND".

Salt....and.

Fat....and.

Sugar...and.

If one would eat these things in singular form, rarely would there be an issue.

It's not the sugar. I could sit down & eat 3T of pure table sugar & the body will process it for energy. No problems. But we don't eat sugar like that. We add the 'AND'. Sugar AND salt. Sugar AND fat...to make them palatable. All this is the same for salt. 'Salt is bad for HBP'. It's r-e-a-l-l-y not the salt but the 'AND'. Salt AND fat. Meat/egg products? Have to 'AND' salt & fat to make them edible. Cheese? High levels of salt & sugar to the fat to make them edible. Salt-fat-sugar is HIGHLY addictive. It takes a couple weeks to remove them from your diet, but once your palette is 'clean', just a sprinkle of salt/sugar is desired.

Fat is definitely is foundation of bad health. If one has health issues, even plant-based fats should be avoided. Fat clogs up our inside workings. Inflammation, insulin resistance, cholesterol issues....all stems from fat. I wish we could turn ourselves inside out...and really see what fat does to the body. Millions & millions of doctors & nutritionist/dietitians would immediately go out of business when seeing what that meat dish or 'healthy fat' product does to our blood stream. Ooof. Not good.

Re: Bread or ?????

rustee — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:30:58 GMT

I often wonder if a $4 loaf of bread is really better for me than a $1 loaf!!!