• April 26, 2024

There are powerful reasons to stop eating white bread, because in recent years it has been indicated as one of the least nutritious foods, with large amounts of sodium and with many calories.

The bread is a common food in the diet of Mexicans that among their main ingredients are the flour , Water Y Salt . It is a source of hydrates of carbons they provide Energy to the organism, without forgetting that its consumption is also ingested sodium ", says a study laboratory of the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco).

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Good reasons to avoid consumption

1. Excess salt. According to a study of the laboratory of the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco), great part of Salt what we consume is invisible , 77% comes from diverse processed foods , among them is the bread which is added with ingredients such as phosphate Y baking soda of sodium .

A piece of box bread can contain 0.138 to 0.440 grams of sodium , while a roll up to 0.675 grams, which means almost 34% of the recommended daily consumption.

According to the Food Standards Agency of the United Kingdom , a food "high in sodium" exceeds 600 milligrams per 100 grams. For adults, the limit is 6 g of salt per day, that is, 2.4 g of sodium, "cites the study by Profeco.

The excess of sodium generates problems of hypertension , retention of liquids , which in turn is linked to obesity .

2. They contain starch. It is the most abundant ingredient of bread that comes from flour of wheat Y white , which constitutes approximately 55% of the weight of this food newly baked , explains a study of University of the Americas, Puebla campus .

One of the problems nutritional starches is the excess of cooking , through this process the acrylamide substance toxic Y carcinogenic which originates to bake , fry and toast the starchy foods to more than 120ºC ", explains Néstor Palmetti in the book Dairy and Wheat.

3. Little fiber. The fiber It's one of the nutrients essential that all diet healthy must integrate. The recommended daily consumption is 14g For each 1,000 calories consumed daily. However, one piece White bread contributes 0.8g , according to information from Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture of the United States.

4. High glycemic index. The white bread has a high glycemic index , which means that increase quickly the levels of sugar in the blood and of insulin , effect that favors the increase of weight , risk of developing type 2 diabetes Y heart disease , according to information from the Harvard School of Public Health .

5. White flour. The white bread made with flour white refined it lacks vitamins Y minerals . Specialists in nutrition agree that during the process of refinement the nutrients As the saved Y germ . Also, its appearance white be achieved by adding a substance known as aloxane , which can produce type 2 diabetes .

These are five good reasons for avoid the consumption of White bread in the daily diet. How many pieces do you usually eat a week?

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