If you have read much about healthy eating you will no doubt have come across 'Avoid the White Stuff'. It is excellent advice to avoid white flour, white (and brown) sugar, white rice, white salt (unrefined salt is pink or grey) and to go easy on the milk. The refining process strips vitamins, minerals and trace elements from whole foods rendering them something that will fill you but not feed you. Digesting them can cause a further drain on your body's resources and clog you up.
Let's look at the first of these:
Our bodies are not designed to function on white flour although it has been an important part of our typical diet since the 19th century. Processed white flour is deficient in vitamins B and E and minerals including chromium, zinc and manganese. Do you think you need these nutrients?
Wholemeal bread and flour products would be a better choice, leaving white flour products such as pastry, biscuits and cake for occasional 'treats' only. Or maybe you could substitute other grains for wheat? Many people feel much better when they avoid eating wheat altogether; if you feel less fit than you should, this could be worth a try.
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