Growing up my mom wanted to make us happy; whether it was taking us to the park to play, allowing us to occasionally stay up an extra 30 minutes at night to read us a story, or even give us a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on Wonder white bread for lunch. Little did by mother know at the time just how bad wonder bread/white bread, can be for your body.
Wonder white bread looks, smells, and even taste's more "appealing" than a piece of whole grain wheat bread. Wonder bread has a soft, smooth texture that comes from refined wheat flour. Refined wheat flour has had the natural wheat fiber removed. This explains why Wonder bread taste's so delicious; although when you eat this bread you lose the nutritional benefits natural wheat is supposed to give your body.
What Wonder white bread lacks is fiber; fiber is important to the body because it helps regulate the digestive system. Eating fiber regularly also lowers the level of cholesterol in your body and reduces the risk of colon cancer. This Wonder white bread creates a "full" sensation in your stomach that can help with weight control.
I switched from eating Wonder white bread to whole wheat bread when I was probably about 15 years old when I started to understand what nutritional facts are and how to read them. Reading In Defense of Food also helped me open my eyes to the world of what is "nutrition" and how America needs to be careful what we eat and that food companies protray their food better than what it truly is. To know more about what some differences are between these two breads, this website was helpful, http://www.streetdirectory.com/food_editorials/pastry/bread/white_bread_vs_whole_wheat_any_questions.html.
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