[Doug]

Originally Posted by Bibleteacher

I had to repost this comment, because the other thread got off topic and deviated from dealing with diabetes. so here it is again.
So please people stay on topic

People with diabetes have been told to avoid bread.

well this is parftially right.

Modern bread is made with white flour.
white flour is a recent invention, it came around the 1950's , before then white bread was non-existent.

the process involved in creating white flour strips the original wheat from any vitamins, minerals and other nutritents.
so what was left of the wheat was just empty glutten, devoid of any nutritional value.

The federation of bakers disagrees with you on the history of bread
The Federation of Bakers: the baking industry > history of bread > industrial age

Year 1757.
A report accused bakers of adulterating bread by using alum lime, chalk and powdered bones to keep it very white. Parliament banned alum and all other additives in bread but some bakers ignored the ban.

year 1826.
Wholemeal bread, eaten by the military, was recommended as being healthier than the white bread eaten by the aristocracy.

1846.
With large groups of the population near to starvation the Corn Laws were repealed and the duty on imported grain was removed.

Importing good quality North American wheat enabled white bread to be made at a reasonable cost. Together with the introduction of the rollermill this led to the increase in the general consumption of white bread - for so long the privilege of the upper classes.

I wont post any personal dissenting opinions on the rest of the post
because they were deleted last time.