100% Whole Grain Bread: Good, Healthy Eats from The French Baker

CEBU, Philippines - The ovens are always busy at The French Baker, making the breads of the world fresh every day at all their branches, for every Filipino to enjoy. And that roster of classic breads has just gotten better with the healthiest bread available in the country today: the 100% Whole Grain Bread.

This delicious loaf retains the prized qualities of good flavors, mouth-watering aromas, and appetizing textures that The French Baker is famous for.

Breads are usually made with refined wheat flour, which is usually white and is made by polishing away the bran and wheat germ. In contrast, whole-grain breads use the entire kernel, giving the finished product not only subtle differences in flavor, aroma, color, and texture, but also big boosts in nutritive content.

While wheat is the primary grain used for making breads in many parts of the world, other grains and seeds can be used for the same purpose. The French Baker’s 100% Whole Grain Bread, uses whole wheat grain as its base, supplemented with good seeds and grains such as rye, rolled oats, sesame seeds, flax seeds, and sunflower seeds.

Bread made with whole seeds and grain is rich in several components of a healthy diet: dietary fiber and minerals, antioxidants, proteins, vitamins, and complex carbohydrates.

Adding seeds and other grains to whole-wheat bread can have the same effect as taking the nutritional supplement wheatgrass. This healthy superfood is claimed to help improve the digestion, prevent diabetes and certain types of heart disease, cure and/or prevent constipation, and promote general well-being.

These boosts contribute to the breakthrough that makes The French Baker’s 100% Whole Grain Bread such a vital part of a healthy diet: its low Glycemic Index, or GI, which is a measure of the effects of carbohydrates on blood sugar levels.

Simple carbohydrates, which are broken down rapidly during digestion, release more sugars into the bloodstream, causing blood sugar levels to spike; therefore, simple carbohydrates usually have high GI. In contrast, complex carbohydrates are broken down more gradually, meaning the sugars are released slowly into the bloodstream, so blood sugar levels remain at more manageable levels.

Eating complex carbohydrates protects the heart, which is damaged by spikes in blood sugar, and the pancreas, which must work harder when there are higher levels of blood sugar, from overwork.

Many modern diets such as the South Beach Diet rely on the application of the Glycemic Index; it is a vital part of diets for people suffering from diabetes and certain types of heart disease. Healthy consumers can also benefit from choosing low-GI foods, both to prevent ill health and to promote good health and improved well-being.

Founder and CEO Johnlu G. Koa of The French Baker guarantees that all of the breads are freshly-made, and promotes healthy eating – and the 100% Whole Grain Bread closely follows the same pattern. “Its flavors are provided not only by its constituent grains and seeds, but also by the special French levain, or sourdough starter, in the bread,” he explains.

Since 100% Whole Grain Bread has a low GI, consumers can flavor it with thin layers of butter, fruit jams, or preserves, without fear of their blood sugar levels being adversely affected, because eating whole grains – which have low GI – “cushions” the impact of small amounts of high-GI foods.

This makes The French Baker’s 100% Whole Grain Bread the perfect food for everyone who has to eat on the run: bread that’s nutritious, filling, and releases its energy gradually, to keep them going all day long!

With its marriage of good taste, great texture, and immense contributions to good health and improved well-being, The French Baker’s 100% Whole Grain Bread is a formidable product in the local market – the best ally of the consumer and a potent weapon in the fight against obesity today.

Visit the SM City Cebu branch of The French Baker and try this superbread that’s good for the body and for the heart! Also check out The French Baker’s New Concept Stores, located at SM North EDSA, SM Annex, SM Megamall, Landmark Bridgeway, SM Mall of Asia, SM Clark, SM Santa Mesa, Landmark Trinoma, SM Taytay, Robinsons Otis, and SM Marikina.