CNA | Talking Point | E28: Wholemeal or multigrain? The truth about "healthier" breads

From white to wholemeal, multigrain and now even fancy varieties like spelt, sprouted and even Keto bread, how can you tell which bread is best for you? We help you break down the nutritional facts.
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[@Livelovelaughes]

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[@tricialow217]

No matter in what form, I am so addicted to bread. I lost a lot of weight after quiting them altogether

[@Unteroffizier]

I think towards the second half of the video the whole point of this video deviated. If you say we are looking at healthier options, we should look at the mass manufactured processed bread and into details why they are not healthy. White flour alone does not justify that. The reporter should go to the bread factories like Gardenia or Sunshine and interview the people there to hear what they say about their bread. Emulsifiers, gluten, preservatives - how safe are they?

[@88Osam]

Thank you for making a study of Breads. I cannot live without breads And watching your show pointed me to Nik Vina bakery which i didn't know existed and near my place. More power and success to you!!

[@eleanoraisyah925]

Make your own sourdough bread at home. Easy, healthy & only 3 ingredients needed.

[@kimmulakshmi]

I most prefer the wholemeal bread. It fills me up longer, it makes me less hungry & tastes better too.

[@breadzipcode1143]

how about eating oat instead of wholemeal bread? oat can keep away from the hungriness too,but the colleagues always give me the disgusting look when they look at my raw oat porridge lol

[@luciana-hs8cg]

I love the white bread for I consume it rare. Just as snack and not a staple. Those flufy, yeasty smell and wonderful texture, still my favourite. If you want real deal with health, it is better to change the menu and not change the food.

[@guru6831]

Bread should not contain enriched/refined flour or animal products (like honey and milk).

[@NeilChristopherAlaiza]

Regardless of choice, I believe what matters more is portion control.

[@cherieestbien1902]

I was looking at the labels yesterday when I went to the store.....some of the white bread had 150 calories per slice....I finally choose and multi-grain German style bread that has 90 calories per slice.....it seems hearty and tastes good.....

[@chrisidzerda2963]

The bakery rule is you can add 20% non supportive material say oatmeal and you will not affect the volume. “Whole grain bread “ should not cost more.

[@rosealameda6634]

The kind of sugar used determines the color of bread. Brown sugar yeilds brown bread, white refined sugar makes light colored bread.

[@crjacinro]

can you do a similar videos for food at hawker centers? How healthy is the mixed vege rice or minced meat noodle?

[@klowwz]

This series is super awesome

[@bagavanmaruthamuthu3673]

Whole meal high fiber bread and ingredients nutrition contain vitamin & soft to consume . good for digestion..

[@MrAaronmun]

Well, wholemeal or multigrain are only suitable for normal people who wants to be more healthy but for kidney disease patients ,white bread are more healther to consume according to the dietitian see for my father . She did said something about wholemeal or multigrain have too high phoshorus level for them so have to avoid. So not white bread are junk,unheatlhy food, it's just depends on people who eat it.

[@everynewdayisablessing8509]

The processed, soft and sliced "wholemeal" bread is quite awful in taste. Some brands also make their bread look brown by using carmelized or brown sugar so you think the bread is healthier but it isn't. The real and fresh wholemeal bread or speltbread is yummy. It goes stale much quicker as there are no emulsifilers and other crap ingredients. Also, it tastes great, is healthier and fills you up for much longer, so I think it is worth spending a bit more if you are going to eat less and be healthier. You will spend less on vitamins and doctors.

[@prapairatwotticharoenvong117]

I bake my own bread. Any bread that have longer shelf life than 3 days without refridgerating definely have additives.

[@cutabove9046]

Unless it's rye bread made with sourdough starter. The bread lasts for a week to ten days on the counter.

[@DrKiransudama]

4 cups wheat flour, each 3 Tbs wheat bran, oat bran, flax seed meal, rice flour 1/2 cup, bason ( Indian chick pea flour ) flour 1/2 cup , 2 tbs Sesame seeds, n cumin seeds. chopped cilantro, salt, 2 tbs fresh greeted ginger, 3 oz. olive 🫒 oil. Mix well. Make dough with warm Milk 🥛. Make round bread do it on pan . Tasty n healthy. Enjoy

[@markshippo]

Brown Rice is always healthier than all those fancy bread. More filling n wholesome without the threat of addictives. White rice is way better than white flour friend for the same reason.

[@pnchong9596]

While whole meal bread and multigrain bread might have more nutrients, and might have lower glycemic index, do they have the same amount of total carbohydrates? At the end of it, whether white, or brown, or whole meal, or multigrain, do these all have similar carbohydrate contents?

[@maryngshwuling9916]

Thanks for sharing 🌻

[@susanwilliams4953]

I love bread, I remember as a child tasting whole wheat bread & thought it was so disgusting lol. Now a adult I love whole wheat bread. (moderation I have to practise).

[@user-sd1sg9gs7p]

anything and everything in moderation is good for you

[@tanglaiseng6713]

All bread are high in carbohydrate which spike blood sugar after eating

[@investmenttudor1659]

Free advertising for Bread Talk

[@moonsunismarried]

ye lmao

[@zenniz1992]

I don't mind paying slightly more for assurance that i would have a lower chance of getting illness relating to the stuff i eat in the long run

[@tanyongboon1082]

I think that it is slightly misleading to put white bread into the same category as chocolates and maggi noodles, implying that they are equally unhealthy. While white bread as the various experts say contains stabilisers and emulsifiers and goes through some form of processing, just like chocolates, it also contains a lot of nutrients (mainly calcium, vitamin B and iron), as well dietary fibres. Thus, while it can be said that wholemeal is healthier, it should not be said that white bread is unhealthy

[@DenneGene]

I'm just going to enjoy food and exercise because we all die one way or another

[@krollpeter]

White flour is robbed of all its nutritional value. It only delivers calories and taste. White flour will make the blood sugar levels peak up quickly. Wholemeal flour has fibres and a number of minerals and vitamins. It has the same number of calories, but also a nutritional value. A bread with 30 % wholemeal flour should not be allowed to be called wholemeal bread, because the nutritional advantage is very small only, yet it raises the impression in the customer that he is getting something wholesome. The main part of the recipe should be clearly above 50 % wholemeal.

[@tehcsiamg3185]

What about ... Sourdough bread....???

[@marcsa12]

greatcomparison , white bread n instant noodles

[@ryanyeethegifted]

I do my own crusty breadwithout putting any sugar. One slice or 2 slice per day why not? Juat track ur macro nutrition then u will not over consume it.

[@ryanyeethegifted]

@@neru_d my fav wholemeal bread with seasalt and olive oil. Sometimes i put some seeds. Prov for 24hrs. No sugar. Damn satisfied. Healthy own made bread. I can even sell it to my friend during MCO.

[@quantumchang4410]

Bread, I could live without; but not rice.

[@aeromotive2]

i could def live without rice

[@_MintArcade]

Fun fact: industrial bread (wholemeal or not) contains more ingredients you can't pronounce than those you can

[@jayden8963]

How about donating the portion of unsold buns to needy people?

[@sasaspale8483]

Not a word about yeast in bread?

[@thinkinoutloud.1]

Bread, flour products are ultra processed. We don't need them. Eat grains as a whole food in a cereal bowl after soaking or cooking lightly.

[@mirandayeoh8606]

Weight loss is not just about calories in and out. I will be careful about hormones and nutrients. I don't particularly think that bread is very good for health, especially if you have gluten intolerance.

[@moonsunismarried]

agree lol

[@krollpeter]

Most chocolate in this region is made from cocoa beans, sugar, skimmed milk powder, vanilla (likely artificial), palm oil and often also flavour (to save on expensive cocoa). Real chocolate such as the German, Belgian or Swiss chocolate is made from cocoa beans, sugar, whole milk powder, vanilla, and cocoa butter. In the EU it is not permitted to call the above product chocolate. It is a highly processed product, this is true. But you should know that chocolate production is entirely a physical process, not a chemical process. This is a big difference. No chocolate product can be called a health product. But the first product that I described, the not real chocolate, is one of the most unhealthy products to be found in the entire food market. It promotes diabetes, obesity and heart disease. The artificial chocolate causes the throat to become scratchy. It has a warm, unpleasant melt, and a somewhat waxy, smeary mouthfeel. Real chocolate provides that certain "satisfactory" feeling even if we only eat a small quantity. It melts pleasantly in the mouth and disappears completely without smeary feeling, and it has a bit of a cooling sensation. Therefore, it does not cause a scratchy throat.

[@SmileZero]

21:06 LOL LOL LOL, almost can taste the almond.

[@adamokoriscant8500]

My asian friends, just stay away from carbs in western food. TONS of calories in a small portion and you don't feel full. Don't end up like us Americans

[@kellynellly8928]

idk which part of America you come from but I am pretty damn sure portions sizes in the U.S are ridiculously big. There's a cut literally called the American cut

[@wilsont1010]

@@kellynellly8928 Singapore has a diabetes epidemic and those dialysis clinics are in every corner while their experts and physicians are still offering decade old advice including their favourite low fat and high carbs, etc etc. The people in general are badly informed.

[@Bhatmann]

It’s too late. The standard American diet, ( SAD), is killing people worldwide. Not 100% to blame but close. It’s the greedy American and international corporations that are to blame. People are not informed. It’s the food that determines how healthy your life will be. Sadly it takes years for the damage to happen in general. By the time you start to figure that out you are well on your way down the vortex to dying.

[@luciana-hs8cg]

We Asian also eats a lot of calories. The difference is that those calories come from natural source and simple cook, that guarantee that the fibre and vitamins also a lot of their natural good still there.

[@Miss_cin2]

I bake my own sourdough bread

[@nocturnally879]

I must learn to make this bread..

[@biaten]

What about the sugar content in whole-wheat bread ?

[@everynewdayisablessing8509]

I think some are sugar free. But it depends. Always read labels.

[@yanling60]

Better to just stay away from bread as a regular source of calories and stay far far away from bakeries. Everything there is not healthy lol.

[@iarshintasudjana4382]

T r u e

[@charleschoo9398]

Just bought an bread maker machine, less than 200 SGD.

[@1001001a]

Don't go around spitting out bullshit

[@redbutterfly88]

Advocating some forms of diet is dangerous now a days healthy and unhealthy nutrition is changing. Viewers should take it with caution and decide on its own

[@richardtan4179]

wholemeal bread healthy?.how much chemicals added to last one week?

[@oterenceo]

It was Trim and Fit! I was in the TAF. Because I was FAT. The government was hoping that the program would reverse me.

[@dzunglu7184]

White bread is on par as instant noodle I believe.

[@user-dj3jf1io8u]

As a kid I got Roti made by Hassan and Abu, two Pakistan in my village, who baked roti in oven fueled by rubber wood, without any preservatives. Years passed, I used to enjoyed white bread, wholemeal bread, multi grain bread, non-flour sprouted grains bread. Recently, I learned that I am diabetic and started lchf to lower insulin.

[@shrimpsquid]

Artisan Bread aka Ancient Bread 🍞 , texture n taste is rougher + so much Ex , how many want eat or can afford long term ???

[@richjen2011]

I like this channel

[@michaelshih8163]

So, wholemeal bread is only 30% whole wheat. That is just laughable.

[@larrylewis2037]

I think EZEKIEL4:9 BREAD IS THE BEST

[@rey2103]

2:58 "Do you like the bread?" "YaaAhh"

[@dzunglu7184]

Chia seeds is yummy! ❤️👍😂

[@traveller_andrew]

You've got to stop eating those soft sweet breads... problem is that place them in the best position when you go into the shopping centre

[@xavierrandall]

Sweet and soft breads are GOOD!!!!!

[@judithchong7459]

Stations of the cross

[@rebelsymphonyorchestra8830]

White FLA. Wholemeal FLA

[@alfkh]

i see that jaclyns family goes thru 2 loaves of bread per wk.. that's nothing actually! By myself i go thru 2 loaves of bread per wk! Well, the advantage of bread is it keeps 1 satiated longer. 1 of the 23 marathons that i ran, i ate bread the whole day before & after the marathon!

[@miloice74]

Right its actually a higher satiety than rice and pasta. Issue is too many articles harp on one negative and make it sound like its toxic. People have been having carbs for centuries without issues. The elephant in the house is calories consumption has gone over the roof globally. It boils down to food choices that is satiate and enjoyable without overeating. The spread of calorie dense junk is the key, from soda drink, to fastfood and many so called healthy energy bars and drinks. It creates a habit of eating these regularly which the body doesn't find filling enough.

[@biboloxo]

Rice is always the best for us, Asians.

[@Bhatmann]

Not if it’s fake Chinese plastic rice.

[@hxcq5883]

@@Bhatmann u dont eat rice ah?

[@kongweelee1178]

I normally eat hokidio milk bread

[@funkytwister26]

i feel so horrible if i eat white bread but its really nice tbh

[@dongdongki7691]

It is all in the mind...if you don't mind....it doesn't matter..wholemeal or white bread....you still need the carbo...just go eat more fruits to compensate

[@azabujuban-hito8085]

Fruits also carb /sugar

[@seeprompt]

Should we pronounce flour as, "flar", or, "flower"? I'm asking because everyone in this video are pronouncing it as, "flar" but people are telling me that it should be, "flower".

[@80bccaveman87]

It sounds more like Floor lol.

[@HOE68YEN]

In Malaysia and Singapore, pronunciation of English words is quirky. ‘flour’ is pronounced ’flah’. If you pronounced it as ‘flower’, it will be misunderstood as blooms. Likewise, words as follows are mispronounced: three as tree, liaise as liars, divorce as die-vorse, whether as wedder, purchase as per-CHASE, surface as sur-FACE, thorough as TA-rer, through as TROO, thief as tiff, third as Turd etc. moreover, all stresses are on the final syllable, eg, internatioNAL, photograPHER, expenSIVE and telePHONE.

[@CQChannel]

Hi 😁😁😁 ✌

[@eadruna]

The healthiest bread is artisan or you bake it on your own consists 4 ingredients only (flour, yeast, water and salt). Industrial breads are the worst and bakery is a little bit better. Soft bread is unhealthy due to more calories and sugar in it.

[@chatterbox7602]

Fully agree with you, I like artisan sourdough bread but costly n only in certain place. Breadtalk, bread that sell in supermarket can't compare with artisan bread.

[@noproblematallmate]

? Homemade bread doesn't mean it is healthier. If you make it with white flour then its also empty calories

[@LittleRadicalThinker]

I think all breads are healthy enough to make you sick in the long term…

[@sybil3716]

The argument isn't convincing since all the benefits are sort of claims from the stakeholders. Who would claim that the bread they are making unhealthy? To achieve more convincing argument, it's better to resort to some sorts of chemical detection

[@michaelshih8163]

How do Singaporeans pronounce "flour"? Flah?

[@vintageb8]

wholemeal = wholesome (they think) lol

[@wilsont1010]

How can carb which is in fact sugar be healthy?

[@wilsont1010]

@@wonghow Cholesterol has been wrongly accused for decades. Lowering cholesterol can raise the motality and it is definitely essential. But there is no such a thing as essential carb.

[@wilsont1010]

@@wonghow There is no such thing as essential carb. You should go back and redo your medical school.

[@wilsont1010]

@@wonghow Go back and read you books again. You have obviously failed.

[@wonghow]

@@wilsont1010 medical school got cholesterol wrong. and many other things wrong. You can follow medical school

[@wilsont1010]

@@wonghow Yes they got the bit on cholesterol completely wrong but not the part on essential carb.

[@wim1983]

Bread is starch and a product with many other chemical ingredients as final product, there you get your "delicious" addict and diabetes slowly...It's rather ridiculous people said it's very nutritional food when it's actually not. It is rather high in calories and carbs but low in protein, fat, fiber, vitamins and minerals.

[@chatterbox7602]

Breadtalk bread are not so healthy even though is wholemeal. Most local Wholemeal bread are soft n fluffy which is better than white but not very healthy compare to the some European bread eg German heavy bread is one of the best. Our local bread brand gardenia, sunshine all are ultra processed that is why after 3 days there is a kind of smell. Artisan bread is good. Chef Nick bread is good, accept more costly n not in neighbour place.

[@azabujuban-hito8085]

I prefer sourdough bread.

[@seankler]

8.04, see the total sugar of 7g.. Its a killer.

[@aeromotive2]

white bread should just come with warning labels at this point

[@contactkelvinsim]

Just make your own sourdough bread... 100% all natural

[@gijose83]

Hard to compete with roti

[@mkfmotorsdnbhd587]

Human beings are funny creatures, removal of extra processes and additives to make bleached, dead flour costs more than simple ground-up whole meal flour.

[@ivan4122]

I saw a bread with a non GMO project on it nd it has canola oil as one of its ingredients nd I'm like, this people got to be kidding me. Really!!!

[@kervinsingh6213]

who eats plain wholemeal bread? i at least have something on it lel

[@moonsunismarried]

lul

[@maricardomingo4818]

Whole wheat and whole grain is better

[@TheHoth1]

No bread is better than any bread;) We don't need bread or any dietary carbohydrates.

[@unboxingdoomdays5949]

It is just a popularist opinion.

[@Bhatmann]

Your body reacts to bread likes it sugar. That is because it highly processed ingredients that makes up bread. Frankenwheat.

[@rh001YT]

It's a mental shock to me that Singpaore is having this conversation now in 2109 while in the USA, which is usually behind Singapore, we had this conversation in the 1970s.

[@ThomasCaiJinzhan]

It is evident then that these past 40 years had past by the Americans with nothing learnt due to their...*ahem*.....'physical stature'.....

[@rh001YT]

@Thomas Cai Jinzhan Well yes and no. If you are referring to the growing obesity of Americans when you write "physical stature" then yes, it seems they have learned nothing. But actually a lot of Americans are in good physical condition due to good diet and exercise ...we have a lot of gyms and they are well attended. But a whole lot of Americans just eat too much, don't exercise and get fat. It is worth considering that there are many races and ethnic groups in America and the extent of their obesity varies with Africans being the most obese, then Latinos and Caucasians are more or less tied, with Asians typically being the least obese. On the internet a lot of pics and film of Americans can be found from 1900 to 1960 and obesity was not seen much even though only white bread was available. Historically Singaporeans have not been been obese even when only white bread was available. So for Singaporeans I have this advice: It does not matter much if you eat white or whole grain bread...the key is to eat very little of it. In general carbohydrate foods should be minimized and meat, fish and vegetables emphasized.

[@jparryprodeal]

1 eat one loaf a year ha ha but eat kao niao n Thai jasmine and basmati rice.

[@antonette2113]

eat more vege and fresh poultry!!

[@axeman6560]

Next he will tell us margarine is more healthy than butter. Bread is just sugar. White is better for you, but all bread will make you fat and trigger insulin. No, no, not healthy.

[@jrukawa11]

How to eat? A: Use the mouth

[@canismajoris3910]

Asians need a more scientific approach instead of a guessing game and here say from the West. This is key to the future health of the populace.

[@obysaputra69]

HELLO

[@moonsunismarried]

FROM THE OTHER SIDE

[@edwardchampion153]

Just dont eat any bread. Eat more fresh fruit, vegies and fish.

[@player-tianyuliow6618]

An expert nutritionist who can't even manage her own weight.

[@matreen427]

?? The dietitian looks very trim

[@player-tianyuliow6618]

@@matreen427 Look carefully

[@alvinmah6148]

15:54 Chef Nick’s dirty fingernails

[@petechandanatural]

The Keto lady go on a vegan diet you'll loss the weight.

[@portiaahado5147]

Jesus Christ ,when you are poor

[@Lia3349]

Singaporean English is hard to understand as much as Indian English..... or even worse...

[@Enrico-ph7gr]

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