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For many people, not eating bread is practically unfathomable, but others are discovering that giving up this habit is one of the best things they’ve done for their health and their waistline.
If you’re still eating bread despite all of the evidence as to how bad it really is for us, a recent study may make you finally take action.
Researchers from the University of Navarra in Spain revealed that eating just three slices of white bread a day raises the risk of becoming overweight or obese by almost 50%. The study was conducted on nearly 10,000 participants who were tracked over a five year period with study authors stating that the consumption of two or more portions of white bread was significantly and directly associated with the risk of being overweight or obese.
Why other breads are bad too
While this study was based on white bread, and the authors state that “whole-grain” bread did not correlate to obesity for the study participants, it is probably not such a great idea to consume that either. Although our government, and many others advocate eating more grains, most notably wheat, it is still a very suspect food, as we have reported in other articles: 3 Reasons Why Your Diet may be Toxic and 2 Foods to Drop from Your Diet and Two Foods to Add.
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