Why You're Addicted To Bread

"Why do we crave the empty calories of bread? Answer: for the same reasons we crave the empty calories of candy.


Bread = Skittles


I’ve made the point before that bread—even whole wheat bread—is metabolically equivalent to Skittles, because it has the same glycemic index. You get the same sugar rush from a ‘healthy’ whole wheat bagel that you do from candy…and though it might not taste as sweet, it’s all the same to your digestive and metabolic system."

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