Is Brown Bread Really Healthy?

Posted February 15, 2008 at 01:30 PM by Jamal Walker

Section: In The News, His Nutrition, Healthy Eating

If the bread looks brown in color (as opposed to white), chances are good it’s healthy, right? Wrong. In order to know for sure, you have to take a few extra seconds at the grocery store and look at the label.

Partner site Her Active Life explains, in an article entitled, “How Healthy is Your Brown Bread,” a new marketing tactic that many manufacturers are using these days. Some companies are actually taking white bread and dying it to look brown, to trick the uneducated consumer. Another tactic they use is boasting that their bread is high in fiber, but when looking carefully at the label, you realize that you must eat multiple servings of bread in order to actually hit the specified amount.

To read more about this topic and how to look for healthier bread at the supermarket, check out the article at Her Active Life.