Is wheat bread better than white bread?

Half of the participants had higher glycemic responses to white bread, as expected, but the other half had higher responses to whole-wheat bread. In fact, the glycemic response was more closely tied to the composition of bacteria in one's gut rather than the bread itself. read more

– Kit* Bread is made out of flour that comes from grain kernels — usually wheat. A grain kernel has three parts: the bran, the endosperm, and the germ (so called because it's the part of the kernel that germinates into a new plant). Whole grains contain all parts of the grain kernel. read more

Regular whole wheat bread has the same glycemic index as white bread. This is bad news if you are a diabetic, pre-diabetic, or glucose-intolerant, and thought that “whole wheat bread” was a healthier choice. read more