Bread = HIGH in salt?! Each slice = 5% of USDA daily value

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Alpha One Seven

Alpha One Seven

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JEDI said:
Sara Lee Wheat bread:
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I decided to make my own lunches again.
2 sandwiches for lunch.

then I felt lazy for dinner and had 2 sandwiches as well.
then 4 more slices with just butter as a snack.

a couple of hrs later, my gums felt like I just ate a whole bag of potato chips.
aka like I just poured a ton of salt into my mouth.

this morning I looked at the nutritional info of the bread.
12 slices of bread = 60% of daily value salt! :eek:
holy WTF!

plus add the salt from the deli slices and butter and whatever else I ate that day.
I was probably well over 150%+ of salt values. :(
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Bread is not a good thing to overdo. Nothing is really good when over done though.
 
MrSquished

MrSquished

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I'm scared to read the label on my Martin's potato bread after seeing this thread. Please don't take my potato bread away ATOT
 
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Crono

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whm1974 said:
Reading this, it seems that potato bread is healthier then wheat bread.
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/potato-bread-vs-wheat-bread-6033.html
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That's wheat, not whole wheat.
I personally have always liked sourdough (also supposedly better than white/wheat in areas like impact blood sugar), rye, pumpernickel, etc over potato bread - which is tasty - but I don't eat potato bread anymore since it has eggs.

Also this stat makes me o_O

A sandwich made with wheat bread has 300 grams of sodium, compared to a potato bread sandwich's 24 grams of sodium.
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I know they mean milligrams, but number still seems off for potato bread, especially if using the word "sandwich", which implies two slices of bread and some filling. Poorly written article. I hope it was written by a bot.
 
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whm1974

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Crono said:
That's wheat, not whole wheat.
I personally have always liked sourdough (also supposedly better than white/wheat in areas like impact blood sugar), rye, pumpernickel, etc over potato bread - which is tasty - but I don't eat potato bread anymore since it has eggs.

Also this stat makes me o_O



I know they mean milligrams, but number still seems off for potato bread, especially if using the word "sandwich", which implies two slices of bread and some filling. Poorly written article. I hope it was written by a bot.
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Well I like sourdough, rye, and pumpernickel as well. When I go to Ruler Foods, I get a couple of loaves of dark rye. And what is wrong with eggs?
 
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Good time to bump RideFree's bread recipe, although it's in Hot Deals so I'll just link it:
https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/famous-bread-recipe-free.2013/

There are plenty of other recipes out there, but that's the one I used when I first got a bread machine, and it makes a good loaf. :) You can also just do traditional oven baking, of course, but a machine saves some work.

The good thing about making your own bread (and it's stupid-simple with a bread machine) besides the aroma and wonderful soft fresh bread itself is you can control the amount/ratio of all the ingredients including salt. Though you quickly realize you need *some* amount of salt for flavor and to control rise, but not necessarily as much as the higher prepared breads.

I end up eating a lot more bread when I bake it, though, so it's a little counterproductive as far as nutrition. :p
 
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