carson
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Try 12 Grain Bread....might be easier to understand. Might even increase your Barber bill.
That is probably because no one understands anything anyone else is saying.Tom said:No bricks have been thrown in the Medicare discussion either.
Just Lou said:As you pointed out, it's difficult to determine the difference by bread wrapper jargon because there is no 'truth in advertising' in spite of USDA requirements.
The truth is in the flour!
Jerry, I believe that is correct in that raw, unmilled whole grains will pass right through -- but not without causing a lot grief on the way through. Horses and cows can tolerte them but humans can't. That's why folks on "raw" diets soak the whole grains X number of hours prior to eating them.JerArdra said:I always thought that un-milled whole grains just pass straight through you without any positive or negative benefit. Your digestive system cannot break into the seed, shell, or whatever it's called. If this is so wouldn't ground or milled whole grains be more beneficial health wise?
Yes, only the entire grain is crushed and included in the flour - HERE is an image of the three major parts of a whole grain of whatever. Notice that 83% make up the endosperm. That's the starch part that is converted to sugar by the stomach.I realize that we chew our food but probably not long enough to crush all the whole grains in each mouthful.
That said isn't 100% whole wheat flour just milled/crushed 100% whole wheat grain with the husks removed?
It the grain is ground/milled, the starch of the grain is quickly converted to sugar and into the bloodstream. Don't know about flax, but as noted above, soaking the whole grains by Raw eaters make that grain OK with the stomachs processes. I may be wrong concerning flax, but with other grains by soaking, then letting them sit until they begin to sprout will give you "sprouted whole grains" - and your tummy will love you.We even put some ground/milled flaxmeal on our morning cereal rather than flax seeds because the seeds are not digestible.
JerArdra said:We even put some ground/milled flaxmeal on our morning cereal rather than flax seeds because the seeds are not digestible.