Whole Wheat Flour - A whole grain?

For those that have graduated from the program I teach, this will be a review.  The topic as well as the claim has popped up a few times recently I feel the need to address it. 

Whole wheat FLOUR is NOT a whole grain.  It is flour, just like any other grain flour.  To  make flour, the bran and germ are removed.  This gives the flour a long shelf life but also makes it high glycemic and no longer whole. 

Beware of labels and marketing (15 grain bread, etc).  Whole Wheat flour started with whole wheat but the end product is processed and no longer a whole grain.

I will leave you with this...  Flour + Water = PASTE.   We are more than 60% water -  how much flour do you eat every day?

Comments

[Scott Heintzelman]

Great blog post!!!