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How healthy is your lunch?
17. Multigrain bread
When I swore off white bread, I was opting for multigrain bread varieties instead. Until I realized that multigrain and whole grain are not the same. Multigrain, or options like seven-grain, just means that many types of grains were used to make the bread, and none of them have to be whole grains.
Make sure to check the nutrition labels for ‘whole grains’ and ‘whole wheat’.” Like Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D. points out: “Whole-grain foods are a healthy choice because they contain nutrients, fiber and other healthy plant compounds found naturally in the grain…[that are a] good source of fiber, several B vitamins and minerals”.
18. Wraps
You think you’re doing your body a favor by choosing a wrap instead of that ciabatta. But guess what?
Wraps are still made with refined flour and sugar, the same ingredients in regular bread.
While you believe the carb content in wraps should be less than typical slices of white bread, you may be surprised to learn that wraps sometimes have more carbs instead. For example, a ciabatta has about 26 g of carbohydrates, but Mission’s Garden Spinach Herb Wrap has 36 g of carbs.
Which leads me to another point, wraps made with spinach or sundried tomatoes aren’t any better for us either. There’s such a small trace of these vegetables that it’s not worth mentioning or eating them.
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