I promote a low carb lifestyle (not no carbs!)

I promote a low carb lifestyle (not no carbs!)

This can mean different things depending on the person and where they’re at right now

Sometimes, it can mean just by starting with switching to wholemeal versions of the food they’re already eating.

A lot of people already eat ‘brown’ bread or the healthy sounding seeded bread.

But is it actually wholemeal?

BROWN V WHOLEMEAL

MULTIGRAIN V WHOLEGRAIN

Although a bread may look as if it is wholemeal, unless the packaging clearly states that its wholemeal bread it is most likely made using white, refined flour.

This results in a larger spike in blood sugar than wholemeal flour.

Just because it is brown, does not mean it is wholemeal

Wholegrain and wholemeal bread is made using whole flour, resulting in a slower releasing carbohydrate

To see if your bread is multigrain or wholegrain, check the ingredients list, the first ingredient should have the word “whole” in it.

If it just reads wheat flour, then your multigrain bread is actually white bread (which is absolutely fine if you want to eat white bread and sometimes I do!)

Examples of these are:

Hovis Seed Sensation, Hovis Granary Bread, Warburtons Seeded Batch Bread, Warburtons Multigrain & Seed Bread, Warburtons Malted Grain & Seed.

Looks and sounds very ‘healthy’ but actually they are all made with white refined flour!

Breads to choose from if you’re looking for wholemeal are:

Hovis Wholemeal,

Kingsmill Wholemeal,

Warbutons Wholemeal.

Or what I tend to buy:

Aldi’s wholemeal pittas doesn’t have to be fancy!

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