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Should
You Be Baking
Your Own Bread?
by
Beth Scott
Maybe you’ve never heard it before, but you really should be baking your own
bread.
Why?
I think the number one reason everyone should bake
their own bread is that it redeems you from years of bad health and
medical bills. How so?
Homemade Bread Is Healthier
It is much healthier to bake your own bread instead
of buying bread that contains chemical addatives, hydrogenated oils,
unhealthy preservatives, and fattening sweeteners.
If you buy white bread you're also getting bread
that is nutritionless, but don't be fooled, store bought whole wheat
bread is just as bad for you.
A lot of times the whole wheat bread sold in stores
isn't really made out of "whole meal" but is just white bread that is
colored (using caramel) to make it appear like it's whole grain and
healthy.
Store bought whole wheat bread also contains the
same emulsifiers, and chemical by products that are in store bought
white bread.
When you bake your own bread you never have to worry
about these "hidden dangers" or chemicals in bread, that have been
proven by medical studies to even cause cancer.
Instead you can control every ingredient that goes
into your bread, and you'll know exactly how it is processed and
created.
There are many other great incentives for baking
homemade whole wheat bread, and I’ll go into each one below.
Homemade Bread
Tastes Better
Than Store Bought
Absolutely no arguement here. Everyone I’ve met
agrees that the taste of homemade bread far surpasses that of store
bought bread, (some have even said they could taste the chemicals in
the store bought bread and really hated it).
Taste is a biggie for a lot of people, and since
everyone wants to eat tasty meals, you can’t go wrong by baking your
own bread.
Homemade Bread
Saves You Money
It’s much cheaper to buy all the ingredients for
making bread seperately, than buying them already made into bread. You
can easily save $30 or $40 dollars a month, by baking your own bread.
This is especially true if you buy as many of your
bread ingredients as you can, in the bulk department of a
supermarket.
An entire bag of whole wheat flour (enough to make 4
to 6 loaves) could cost $4.00 or less. This is just one example
of how cheap baking your own bread is.
Homemade Bread
Is Lower In
Fat This = Weight Loss
My favorite reason for baking bread, is that, if you
bake the right kind of bread (like whole wheat bread) it can be a great
way to help you lose pounds or maintain a healthy weight.
I’m sure you’ve heard the myth before that bread is
really fattening, it’s a myth at least for homemade whole wheat bread.
Store bought bread really is fattening because of all the
extras that large scale manufacturers stuff their bread with.
Manufacturers do this to give their bread longer
shelf life and to make the bread look more appealing so they’ll get
more customers to buy their bread.
These big corporate CEO’s could care less if their bread causes you
to pack on pounds. You’ve got to remember, after all, that they’re only
in it for the money.
But if you bake your own whole wheat bread you’ll
have a truly wholesome bread that will help you to achieve the healthy
body and goal weight you desire.
About the Author:
Don’t think you can bake your own whole wheat bread?
Don’t know where to start? Beth Scott teaches bread baking in
simple easy to follow steps. Visit her Healthy Bread Baking website for
more details.
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