Do any of you guys actually avoid bread altogether? Are you no longer eating burgers? Or do you really eat them with a lettuce wrap?
Even if bread has no high fructrose corn syrup, has Omega-3s, fiber, (Dave’s Killer Bread)…etc… should I still avoid it? It’s currently one of my go to, I can pack an egg, PB&J, tuna sandwich. But I am worried about everything else I read about it here and other sites.
Should I avoid tortillas, from tacos, or even sandwich wraps as well?
I wouldn’t advise you to avoid bread. I eat lots of hamburgers…
San Choy Bow is a staple at my place. I recommend it with a little fresh chilli, mint, coriander, crushed almonds and oyster sauce. Not because I’m bread phobic (though its an easy way to cut a few carbs), but because they’re huge on deliciousness. But its no hamburger…
Not intentionally. But I’ve been eating mostly rice for my carbs recently, and I realized I hadn’t had bread in a couple months at one point. I didn’t feel a difference one way or the other.
Why are you worried about it?
I am curious too. What could be so bad about flour, water, butter, maybe some sugar, salt, yeast, etc that you would avoid it? Think, OP, think.
Just all the bad press I read about it. Even Jordan has an article about it.
http://www.barbellmedicine.com/lions-tigers-and-grains-oh-my/
If it’s got fiber and doesn’t piss off your guts, I’d eat it.
I don’t think anyone here would recommend you completely removing things you enjoy from your diet just because they’re suboptimal. Is bread a less healthy carbohydrate source than a less processed grain or vegetable? Probably, but it is also substantially better than a can of pop.
Nutrition isn’t simple, but if you can consistently hit your goal calories with a good macronutrient ratio and micronutrient profile and sufficient fibre while limiting bad stuff (excess sugar, saturated fat, sodium etc.) without making yourself completely miserable, you’re probably doing most of the stuff right to support your health and training.
In general, a diet compliant with the above principles will be easiest to maintain with a lot of high quality single ingredient foods, but you should be able to fit a bit of bread in if it makes you happy. Happiness improves compliance, which improves results
Yea, that article was from the better part of a decade ago. I would like to kick the person who wrote that…
It’s not less healthy or more healthy than anything.
Nutrition isn’t simple, but if you can consistently hit your goal calories with a good macronutrient ratio and micronutrient profile and sufficient fibre while limiting bad stuff (excess sugar, saturated fat, sodium etc.) without making yourself completely miserable, you’re probably doing most of the stuff right to support your health and training.
I agree with the first part of this before you said “limiting bad stuff”.
In general, a diet compliant with the above principles will be easiest to maintain with a lot of high quality single ingredient foods, but you should be able to fit a bit of bread in if it makes you happy. Happiness improves compliance, which improves results
I agree with this minus the insinuation that bread is bad.
Just wanted to chime in that I’ve done things like complete restriction before, as most of us probably have. At one point in my mid-20s I had cut nearly all refined sugar from my diet for a year. This was effective in weight loss, but mostly just because I ended up eating a lot less food in general. I was fixated on sugar because I have a nasty, monstrous sweet tooth. After a few life changes (new girlfriend, new city), I couldn’t maintain the crazy restriction any longer and went the opposite direction that led to what I would consider (at the very least) disordered eating. I would have been better off in the long run trying to work on tracking my macros, see what I’m actually eating, and adjusting from there.
Are you trying to remove bread because you love it and eat a lot of it? Honestly, just try to track macros if you aren’t already, and maybe try eating more sprouted breads like Ezekiel bread if you really feel guilty about it.
FWIW–Jordan, I really appreciate that you’ll change your opinion about things, when it makes sense to do so, and not try to deny that. Obviously opinions and positions SHOULD change with more education and as more research findings come to light.
If you are worried about commercial bread with “over 9000” ingredients in it, try making your own with sourdough starter and the no knead method from Breadtopia. Only four ingredients (flour, water, starter, salt) and it tastes really hearty assuming you use at least 1/2 whole wheat or rye flour. You probably already know someone at work to get some starter from to try it out. Other than for the 1% of people that can’t tolerate gluten, it is awesome.