Whole-Wheat Bread Versus White Bread
By Omega
The reason why it is inadvisable to eat white bread is because nutrition is sacrificed to appearance. In the process of milling the flour, the nutritive portion of the grain, which is dark in color, is all screened away, for the purpose of obtaining a white flour, and this consists mainly of starch, which is the hardest thing in the list of foods for the digestive powers to contend with, owing mainly to the fact that few people masticate their food thoroly, and the starch must be acted upon by the saliva in the mouth to convert it into dextrin. A person condemned to an exclusive diet of white bread would inevitably die of starvation. Bread made from whole wheat possesses every element necessary for the sustenance of the body, and, as nearly as possible, in proper proportions. Its principal advantage is that it contains a proper proportion of the inorganic salts (the bone-making element), in which the white bread is totally deficient. Whole-wheat bread is a perfectly balanced food; white bread is a food practically destitute of nutrition.—Omega.