Foods

Ok, I am used to eating white bread, since I started CC I decided to switch to brown bread. I had to gradually get used to it. I first bought Nature's Own Honey Wheat.

Yesterday I went shopping and got Nature's Own Whole Grain Honey 7 Grain.

But the foods list says this is very high in sugar!!! And the Nature's Own Honey 7 Grain is not??

I don't get it, I thought the whole grain one would be better than the other one. If I had known before I bought it, then I definitely wouldn't have gotten that one. Anyone know why this would be??

Could be a slightly different recipe... more 'honey', possibly.  Either way, don't stop buying it if you like it.  It's only one of the many foods you eat each day.  Raisins and other fairly healthy foods  also come up as 'very high in sugar'.

I've been buying Nature's Own Sugar Free Whole Wheat - it's really good.

Hmm, well I'd like to try that one, but don't get very much variety where I'm at . I think I'll stick with this one for now though, its tasty and I got the benefits of the ''whole grain''.

Just read the ingredients. In order for the bread to be true whole wheat then the FIRST ingredient needs to be " whole wheat" or "stone ground wheat" as Nature's Own SF bread says. I made the switch to Ezekiel Bread because I love carbs and would just eat slice after slice of the nature's own if it was in the house. I tend to do that less with the ezekiel bread because it is frozen.

Some items, even ones that say "grain" in the title can be misleading or have things not-so-great added to them.  Learn to read and interpret the labels and decide for yourself.  Generally, the fewer items in an ingredient list, the better, and the further to the bottom of the list, the smaller amount of that ingred. in the product.  So, if you're concerned about sugar, read the label for sugar gram content, and look for sugar "code words" in the ingred. list.  If any form of sugar is among the first 4 ingred. listed, it's usually in a fairly high concentration.   I say "code words," not because they're not clearly referring to added sugar but that there are MANY ways sugar can be listed on the label, other than just saying "sugar."  Some can be rather deceptive if you don't know what you're looking for or are not familiar.  Bottom line:  Read the label.  Learn to interpret what it means and, therefore, what you are buying BEFORE you spend the money and get it home.  Beware that LOTS of so-called "healthy" breads also contain HCFS and/or partially hydrogenated (trans fat).  The only way to know is to read the label.

Breads are a big weakness for me and, often, some of the really great tasting ones are less good for us.  But, there are some really great tasting healthy breads available.  I like the ones loaded with nuts and seeds, and they make the best toast!  You just have to experiment until you find one that has the balance of taste and health that you are comfortable with long-term.  I literally bought a different bread every week or two for I don't know how long until I found 2 (one reg. and one alternate if stores are out of #1) that I now buy all the time.  Good luck and happy bread hunting & eating!

Unless you are diabetic, I would disregard what the CC says about "high in sugar".  It does not distinguish between natural sugars in fruit, grains, etc and sweeteners or processed sugars.  It is simply a reflection that more than a specified percentage of the calories (whatever amount is deemed "high") is from carbs; they already subracted the fiber calories, so OF COURSE it's high in sugar. 

Like others have said, read the label.  See what it uses for sweetener.  As long as it's not HFCS, I wouldn't worry about it.

BTW, I eat Ezekiel bread, too.  Pop it in the toaster for a bit, and it's delicious.  Ordinarily it seems too dry, but very lightly toasted, it doesn't.  My favorite bread.   Add a touch of butter and thick slices of beefsteak tomato and I could eat half a loaf in one setting. 

ive bought ezekiel too, i prefer french meadow bakerys sourdoughs and hemp/spelt breads.

i also get berlin natural bakerys spelt breads, they are probably the best around, the flour is freshly milled everyday before baking. they are soft and low in gluten and sugar.