How to choose healthier bread
Is the bread you are eating healthy? What does it matter? Last weekend my daughters wanted to try a new sandwich shop advertising its signature sandwiches. A big draw is that they use meat from the upstairs butcher shop. The meat is not only really fresh but also antibiotic free. The greens are locally grown and also healthy. So, I order a ham and cheese sandwich with lettuce, tomato, onion and ask for whole wheat bread. No whole wheat. I ask for multi-grain bread. No multi-grain. I finally ask, “Do you have any bread that is healthy?” They responded they had rye bread. Well, that could be healthy if it is whole grain rye, which is pretty hard to find. But it was refined rye bread, so not really healthier than refined white bread. The sandwich was good but could have been so much tastier and healthier with better bread choices. Recently my husband and I stopped at a French bakery in Nova S...