Amazing Sourdough Bread By The Julian Bakery

I don’t know about you, but I LOVE sourdough bread!  I would use it for every sandwich I ever ate if I could.  The only reason I have avoided sourdough in the past is because I associated it with plain white bread in terms of its nutritional value.  That’s only because I didn’t know about Julian Bakery’s Amazing Sourdough bread.  There’s no better way to describe this sourdough loaf than the ‘Amazing’ that’s already inferred from its name.  Every slice of this amazingly guilt free sourdough contains 60 calories, 5g of complete protein, 6g of fiber, 4 net carbs, and absolutely no fat.  What really separates this sourdough bread from the rest is the added chicory root, which allows carbohydrates to pass through your body without being broken down and absorbed.

Amazing Sourdough is perfect for keeping a low calorie count during low-carb dieting.  It’s nearly common sense that taking in fewer daily calories than your body is burning is essential to losing weight.  This high fiber, low calorie bread is specifically designed to increase satiety so that you feel satisfied throughout the day.  If you are counting calories or on a low-carb diet, but still want great tasting bread, Julian Bakery’s Amazing Sourdough is the perfect loaf for you!

To help you fully understand how great this Amazing Sourdough bread is for you, I have to dig deep into our Amazing Sourdough fermentation process, and how it breaks down phytates to open up nutrient bioavailability.  The fermentation process includes wild yeast and bacteria which create an end product that is healthier and more digestible than most commercial sourdoughs.  Some of this bread’s terrific health benefits include bacteria which help balance your intestinal flora, improvement in digestion, and an increase in bioavailability of nutrients.  In most bread, indigestible phytates bind to minerals, making them unavailable for digestion.  In sourdough, the fermented bacteria dissolve the phytates, freeing the healthy minerals and making them absorbable.  The healthy bacteria in Sourdough fermentation also contributes to the nutritional value by:

Pre-digesting starches, making the bread easier to digest

• Breaking down gluten, making it tolerable for gluten-sensitive stomachs
• Lowering insulin response & improving glucose tolerance
• Protecting Vitamin B1 from being damaged during baking

For the most phytase activity and thus the most unbound minerals, check out our Real Sourdough Rye. Time and time again, sourdough rye bread is scientifically proven as the healthiest bread. Stay tuned to the Julian Bakery blog for a future post on the great benefits of Rye.

Julian Bakery’s Amazing Sourdough is unique bread designed to curb your appetite and allow you to take in less calories, preventing you from feeling bloated. This soft, delicious bread is absolutely great with any meal! This bread is available in hundreds of stores across the country.  Use the Julian Bakery store finder to locate a Julian Bakery wholesaler near you.  You can also place orders online and have us bake and ship your bread fresh to your door. Get this low-carb, low calorie, and high protein bread today!

By: Ricky C.

SMART CARB #1 CAN HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT AND STAY HEALTHY

Dietary fiber intake provides many health benefits and reduces the risk for developing coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, obesity and certain gastrointestinal disorders. Increased consumption of dietary fiber also improves serum lipid concentrations, lowers blood pressure, improves blood glucose control in diabetes, promotes regularity, appears to improve immune function and last, but certainly not least, aids in WEIGHT LOSS.

Epidemiological studies indicate that dietary fiber intake, especially of whole grains or cereal fiber, protect against obesity. Studies recently reviewed and summarized indicate a strong negative association between fiber intake and obesity. The studies indicate that men and women with the highest level of fiber consumption have a relative lower risk for obesity compared to those with the lowest fiber intake level. Men and women with the highest level of fiber consumption had lower rates of weight gain and less obesity than those with the lowest level of fiber intake. Thus, these studies suggest that high-level fiber consumption reduces risk for gaining weight or developing obesity by approximately 30%. These studies included a wide diversity of ethnic/racial groups and appear to have wide applicability and strongly suggests that individuals who have higher levels of fiber consumption have lower weights than those with the lowest fiber intakes.

The role of dietary fiber in preventing and managing obesity in humans is strongly supported by epidemiological and physiological studies. Clinical trials using high fiber foods also provide support for the hypothesis that higher-level fiber consumption has a beneficial role in weight management.

The effects of a diet high in complex carbohydrates (and higher in dietary fiber) provides persuasive data that this type of diet promotes greater weight loss than a high simple-carbohydrate (and lower fiber) diet.

Therefore, you do not have to give up your favorite breads when dieting…nor should you. A wholesome, nutritious diet, whether for weight loss or a healthier lifestyle should include bread with sprouted whole grains that is high in fiber and protein and low in carbs…and, in my opinion, that bread should be Smart Carb #1.

Before I was introduced to Julian Bakery, I never ate bread…thinking it was too fattening. Now that I eat 2 slices of Smart Carb #1 a day, I have lost 7 pounds…go figure. Yeah…go figure all right; my figure is improving daily and I feel fantastic, energetic and have a lot less stress. Just try to take away my JB bread…NOT!

Enjoy, Samantha
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