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| 3533.1 | filler | TLE::TLE::D_CARROLL | a woman full of fire | Tue May 19 1992 10:05 | 7 |
| I think they do that partially by making the slices lighter (that is,
it is the same size, almost, but "fluffier") and by adding lots of
non-digestible stuff, such as cellulose and non-dietary fiber.
I couldn't tell you what a good source of non-dietary fiber is, though
- grass? sawdust? :-)
Diana
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| 3533.2 | | PATE::MACNEAL | ruck `n' roll | Tue May 19 1992 15:51 | 6 |
| An article by a leading nutritionist suggests that you are better off
sticking to normal breads and ignoring the lite breads. They are
mainly preying on the "lite" marketing trend and charging more for
less. The main caloric content in bread is due to carbohydrates which
is a good thing. You'd be better off giving up the butter on your
bread or the mayo on your sandwich than going to a lite bread.
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| 3533.3 | | TLE::WINALSKI | Careful with that VAX, Eugene | Wed May 20 1992 15:02 | 3 |
| Most "lite" breads on the market achieve lower calories/slice either by
taking normal bread and slicing it thinner, or by whipping more air into the
bread so that you have less actual bread in the same volume.
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| 3533.4 | Vermont Bread Company Sprouted Wheat | RANGER::PESENTI | Only messages can be dragged | Thu May 21 1992 07:45 | 11 |
| The Vermont Bread Company sells a bread called "Sprouted Wheat" that it claims
is 60 calories per slice. This is about halfway between normal and lite breads.
What I like about it is that the bread is like a real homemeade bread. Nice
and dense, using whole grain, etc. No batter whipped foam like most lite bread.
They have a good variety of other breads, too. I buy them at Market Basket.
A trick I use to cut down on bread calories is to slice it thin. I use a
good bread slicing knife (i.e. serrated), and 2 wood chopsticks. Place the
chopsticks on a cutting board, and stand the bread on one end between them.
Lay the knife across the chopsticks and saw thru the bread. I get a nice,
uniform, thin slice, about half the thickness of the normal slice.
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