Eat wholegrain – white bread makes you fat, warns study

[Northerner]

Eating three or four slices of white bread per day puts you at a 40 per cent higher risk of becoming overweight or obese than eating just one portion a week, Spanish researchers have claimed.

In a study presented at the European Congress on Obesity, those who ate two 60 gram portions of white bread every day were at a significantly higher risk than those who had lower consumption.

The report’s author, nutritional expert Professor Miguel Martinez-Gonzalez of the University of Navarra, said that the findings made a strong case for people who eat bread with most meals to turn to wholegrain to cut their risk of gaining weight and harming their health.

Researchers studied the diets of more than 9,000 Spanish university graduates to assess the impact on a population where bread is a major part of the diet.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-bread-makes-you-fat-warns-study-9455639.html

Something well-informed diabetics have known for years! 🙄

 

[Vicsetter]

Good luck finding Wholewheat bread in Spain, most continentals are mad keen on the standard british sliced loaf as they can't get anything like it at home. White batons and their ilk are standard fare in Spain. I found this article sums it up nicely:

http://www.spanishfoodworld.co.uk/bread-in-spain/