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Lotta variables here. Did you feel inflamed after eating wheat, first off? If so, many people have relatively minor reactions to gluten that might not get diagnosed as celiac disease or intolerance, but still make them feel worse, aka non-celiac gluten sensitivity. That certainly would cause inflammation. Some research indicates that amylase-trypsin inhibitor proteins (ATIs) rather than the gluten proteins that are more abundant in wheat. ATIs are more abundant in modern wheat than certain older varieties (e.g. Einkorn), so if this is the case, it’s possible bread made from other kinds of wheat wouldn’t make you feel as bad. That’s not very well-studied at this point, though.
But also, white bread especially is quite carb-heavy, and another question here is what you replaced it with. If you just ate less, it could be that you were overeating before and that made you feel worse. Or it could be that your balance of macros (protein/carb/fat) changed if you started consuming relatively more protein or fat, and you feel better with the new balance. Or it could be that you’re getting some vitamins and minerals now that you weren’t before and that helps. Or it could just be that you had a good week and felt better.
Besides that, there’s the question of what bread you were eating before and if some other bread would be fine. More processed carbs (e.g. white bread) will be generally worse for you than less (e.g. whole wheat), but also the sugar/fat/additives used in lots of commercial bread could make you feel worse.
Otherwise, there’s not really anything terrible about bread in itself, although most people eat too much of it. If you feel better without it, maybe try having a slice again to test if you feel worse in the hour after? That’d tell you if you’re having some sort of reaction, at least.
Bread has literally fed entire civilizations throughout time. What is bad for you is the way white flour and wheat flour is processed. I have found that most people with a “gluten sensitivity” are just fine when eating bread made with more rustic old world style un bleached flours.
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Doing a diet means losing weight, eating less calorie, hopefully. Bread packs calorie so there’s less calorie room for nutritious food.
However, once you get a hold of all the healthy, low calorie food, bread is ok.
I cut out bread in the beginning because most bread has 100+ calories per slice, no fiber: wonderbread, any bread with big slices, italian.
Once I get used to eating smaller portions and found whole wheat bread, I start eating a few slices a day, but no sandwich.
If I need something for a small meal, a few slices of whole wheat bread is 60 cal each and is easy to fill me up.
The trick is eating one slice and not two slices like a sandwich. And choose a small slice. But if you grew up eating sandwich, or big sandwiches, this might be blasphemy 😅
Eating bread usually comes with eating condiments, which is at least 60 cal per tbsp and not filling.
not that bad if you tolerate it. Storage proteins like gluten can be difficult to digest and so bread can strain those with weaker digestive systems. Traditionally made sourdough bread is somewhat easier to digest
I never knew this until a few weeks ago. But white bread is spawned directly from satan himself.
I switched to Ezekiel. Nothing special about it taste wise. But it has protein. And new low on GI index. It’s not cheap, so I don’t consume much bread nowadays. I reach for better carbs like pasta.
There’s no traditionally bad or good health tips, no one person is doing the same things everyday, so it’s not fair to assume the same health tips apply to everyone. Yes there’s a fairly big anti-gluten movement. For some people minimizing or eliminating gluten is a major help.
I eat a lot of bread and pasta and really all the carbs but I also workout hard. I used to eat really clean and juiced and did all the things and honestly felt like shit. Now I just monitor macros and don’t worry about much else and I’ve never felt better. Hell I eat chicken pita pizzas almost daily for post workout meals. Eat what you want unless it makes you feel like shit. Yolo
I can only speak for myself but I have rheumatoid arthritis and my inflammation levels were quite high before I started the Mediterranean diet a couple of years ago. I now eat wheat bread, rye bread, pita and occasionally sour dough and along with additional healthy food choices and medication, of course, my inflation levels have been normal for over a year.
Here’s an experiment for you. Try going without bread, pasta and tortillas for 3 weeks. Gauge how you’re feeling. Then, enjoy a sandwich, a muffin or two and some pancakes. How do you feel when you wake up the next morning and the morning after that? Fwiw - yes, it’s bad.
I stopped eating bread and all wheat products in 2014 after reading Wheat Belly by William Davis MD.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11505008-wheat-belly
Bread is not bad for you. However, it contains gluten, so if you have a gluten intolerance, steer clear. Other than that, don’t restrict it if you enjoy it. Most of the inflammation you hear about is caused by excess fat mass and a sedentary lifestyle. You could be obese and eat bread for every meal, but as long as you are in a calorie deficit, you will lose weight and improve all health markers, including inflammatory markers.
Depends what country you’re in, where you’re getting your bread from and what’s in the ingredient list. Not all bread is equal, or would even qualify as bread in other countries.
A homemade whole-wheat sourdough made from 4 ingredients vastly different to the packaged sliced bread or soft buns that lasts 4+ weeks on a supermarket shelf.
Bread itself is not bad. Overconsumption of foods is where the problems come from, unless your body has an intolerance or allergy, of course.
Eat a balanced diet in moderation and you’ll be far better off than these people jumping to the next popular fix.
The refined flours, refined sugars, hexane processed oils that are inside the bread cause the inflammation. Bread is not necessarily “bad”. Just choose the right kind. Unrefined, unbleached, free of seed oils and refined sugar would be ideal.. also choose whole grains (although some people would say grains are bad but i disagree). Or better yet, make your own
It’s not that it’s bread. It’s that it’s made with grain, wheat most often and the wheat of today has been genetically modified to increase the sugar beyond anything available 60 years ago. Your body can’t use all the power at once and so it’s stored as fat.
I think if you eat whole grain and unbleached flour based bread, or especially sprouted grain bread, bread is not bad and a good way to get certain vitamins and fibers. But if you are used to eating white flour based breads, especially with lots of sugar and added chemicals, you are definitely going to see an improvement in how you feel. The biggest thing for me was the difference in blood sugar spikes, you don’t get them nearly as much if you cut out processed white breads, pastas, pastries, etc. That just makes me feel better all around.
It’s not. It’s easy to eat a ton of it, which can be problematic. But bread is not bad. Some foods are more nourishing than others. That doesn’t mean less nourishing foods should be demonized. To develop sound nutritional habits, it’s important to get past the good vs bad way of thinking.