What kind of bread do you use???

[Anonymous]

Hello. I was wondering what kind of bread everyone feeds their kids?? Our ped says not to have any whole wheat yet and white bread is so processed–but maybe that’s good since it’s easily digested? What do you all use? Evie doesn’t seem to have any wheat issues and has done well on saltines and pepperidge farm cinnamon mini bagels (both have no dairy). I’m willing to use bread with hidden dairy, but just don’t know what kind to use!?!?!

[Anonymous]

why do they say no whole wheat? I must not have read about this as we mostly do 100% whole wheat for sandwiches in the house. Sometimes we have english muffins, and sometimes the kids have cinomon bread, but mostly all 100% whole wheat.

Hopefully someone will chime in……

[Anonymous]

i think the more processed it is the HARDER it is to digest?? someone please correct me if i am wrong.

we do whole wheat as well.. 100% .. but we do the ones with no hidden dairy.

[Anonymous]

Lauren, the only reason I think that white bread is easy to digest is becasuse I am on the south beach diet!! The book kind of explains white bread as being pre-digested and goes right into your blood stream, affecting your blood sugar. I have no idea if this is true for kids too? What brand of bread do you use?

BTW, south beach diet works!!! 12 lbs. lost since New Year’s. See you later baby weight!!!!

[hellbennt]

we do wheat bread, too…

I’ve never heard about not using it…

I actually don’t eat bread (before the south beach diet was popular, I read about the glycemic index, so I don’t eat bread at home & try to limit it outside the house), but dh & the kiddos do…

[Anonymous]

Oh Laura– what a good girl you are! I have a really hard time going without bread, but I know if I could eliminate that and sugar I would be one skinny girl…… But it tastes SOOOOOOOOOO GOOOD!!!!!

[Anonymous]

The whole issue with white bread being easily digested has to do with the lack of fiber and therefore the body doesn’t have to work as hard to break it down into useable energy, has nothing to do with how it affects your digestive track. IF you would like to give her white bread you can use whitewheat by natures own. That is what we use here, not for cooper as it has dairy in it, but for dh who doesn’t like wheat bread. It is actually wheat bread with the texture of white bread… I have been eating this since I was at home with my parents as my dad didn’t like wheat bread either. Cooper has just finally had a saltine… since working on getting gentlease in him… looking to yogurt next week and then maybe cheese and hidden dairy. Good Luck.

[Anonymous]

We use the Sara Lee Iron Kids bread. It is white bread with the benefits of whole wheat. It is also fortified with extra calcium.

[Anonymous]

We have always given Isaac whole grain bread and I was never told not to give it to him

[Anonymous]

white bread definitely can affect the digestive tract differently than whole wheat bread. the fiber in whole wheat will help things move along much better and should help to keep the blood sugar levels more stable.

white bread that has been fortified is not as good as wheat bread—the sum of the parts is not equal to the whole. that being said, since my girls can’t eat wheat because it is poison to them, we make bread out of other flours. since some of those other flours are mostly starch, i figure that they need to get their nutrition from whatever the sandwich filler is—the bread is just something to carry it in. so…….i have now been known to buy white bread on occasion for the rest of the family if it was the cheapest bread on the rack.

whole grains are always better for you.

[Anonymous]

I’m surprised the pedi says not to use whole wheat. We only ever have whole wheat anything, has always been the case since my dad is diabetic and white bread is a no no for him. I don’t even buy white crackers or buns.

EricaRain2008-02-06 20:42:27

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