Bread makes you fat

Well, everything does. Bread makes you gain weight as well as other foods, that contain complex carbohydrates, such as rice or spaghetti. A little 50 gr bun has an energy value of 120 kcal, whereas 60 gr of rice or pasta – around 200 kcal. The carbohydrates, which are the only nutrients, contained in the oven-baked bread, bring 4 kcal with every 100 gr, as well as proteins do. Fats bring double this amount. The problem with eating bread and gaining weight comes from the fact that we consume it in a combination with high calorie foods. For example: one little bread (50 gr – 120 kcal) + 10 gr butter (75 kcal), with our main meal – 195 kcal or 1 bread (50 gr – 120 kcal) + the olive oil, used to flavour our salad (around 65 kcal) = 185 kcal.

French toast doesn't make you as fat as raw bread

Not true at all. It‘s a widely spread out myth, that French toasts fall under the category of clean eating, rather than raw bread. It turns out that, on the contrary, French toasts make you fatter than fresh bread. This is due to its ingredients, whereas the presence of less water in French toasts, makes the bread contents more concentrated. The bread crust also contains more calories than the soft part, due to the same reason.

There‘s Too Much Salt in Bread

There‘s salt in bread without any doubt. In the recent years, however, producers have been trying to decrease its quantity. People who have to keep diet with strictly restricted salt consumption and strive to eat clean, such as people with kidney disease, have to consume bread without any salt. Healthy people can safely eat normal bread, containing moderate amount of salt.

Whole-grained Bread Contains More Fibres

True. It‘s also a fact that rye and barley bread usually contain bigger amount of fibres that white bread. Whole-grained bread can be considered to have a high number of fibres, at least 6 gr in every 100 gr of product. One whole bread covers 50% of the recommended amount of fibres for daily intake.

Ready-made Breads are of Worse Quality

Not necessarily. You can find on the market ready-made breads with both good or bad quality. It‘s the same deal with regular bread. The problem is, that sometimes they put them in the bag while still too hot. The steam that they give off, condenses inside the bag and softens the crust. In order to cook really nice bread, you need to bake it well in a clean oven and leave it aside to cool down completely.

Ready-to-cook Bread is of Bad Quality

The problem here does not lie in the dough quality. Actually, domestic ovens are not capable of producing the same effect as the bakery furnaces. The professional ones use steam, too, which accompanies the process. This way the cooker makes its job easier and forms the bread crust. Due to those reasons, home-made oven-cooked bread can have really good looks at the beginning, but will shortly lose its structure and quality.

You can oven-cook bread with any kind of flour

Not so much. Cooking bread requires a special type of flour, completely different than the one used to bread food or cook pastry, which we usually have at home. If you want to bake bread at home, you can buy a special domestic bread-baking oven, as well as special bread flour. If you are on a clean eating diet, you should eat whole-grained bread only actually, whole-grained bread contains the same amount of calories, such as the regular white one. The advantage of the whole-grained bread is that it‘s rich in fibres, satiate you for longer and helps transforming the food in your organism.

Tips on Buying Bread

Pay attention to the outer appearance. The bread crust should be well-formed and evenly baked. There should be smoky zones and large bubbles on the top.

The aroma should be pleasant, as well as a bit sourly, because of the yeast.

The soft part of the bread has to be dense. It can be thicker and heavier, or lighter, depending on the type of bread. The large bubbles in the soft part and the crumbs are a sign of bad quality.

The bread taste should be balanced between salty and sweet. That will allow for its combination with different foods and flavours.

Tips On Cooking Bread

First of all, a standard convection cooker will not produce the same result, as the large bakery furnaces. Instead, you can buy a smaller domestic oven, specialised in home-made bread baking.

Be advised that a dirty oven contradicts with excellent cooking results. It means that if you don‘t clean and maintain your cooker on a regular basis, there‘s a certain chance that your dishes aren't as tasty as they could be. Food leftovers, burnt-on grease and carbon affect the quality of the cooked meals and they should be regularly scrubbed. London oven cleaning companies suggest that you perform a deep cleaning maintenance once or twice every six months, thus insuring a good quality in your home cooking.

As said previously, try to pick out the best flour for the bread. After all, that‘s the main ingredient. You‘ve got options between regular, as well as whole-grained one. It thoroughly depends on what‘s your end aim is.

Make sure to balance the amount of spices. You want to make it neutral, so that you can combine it with both salty and sweet food later.

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