Should You Bake Your Own Bread?

Maybe you've never heard it before, but you really should bebaking your own bread.

Why?

I think the number one reason everyone should bake their ownbread is that it redeems you from years of bad health andmedical bills. How so?

HOMEMADE BREAD IS HEALTHIER

It is much healthier to bake your own bread instead of buyingbread that contains chemical addatives, hydrogenated oils,unhealthy preservatives, and fattening sweeteners.

If you buy white bread you're also getting bread that isnutritionless. But don't be fooled, store bought whole wheatbread is just as bad for you.

A lot of times the whole wheat bread sold in stores isn't reallymade out of "whole meal" but is just white bread that is colored(using caramel) to make it appear like it's whole grain andhealthy.

Store bought whole wheat bread also contains the sameemulsifiers, and chemical by products that are in store boughtwhite bread.

When you bake your own bread you never have to worry about these"hidden dangers" or chemicals in bread, that have been proven bymedical studies to even cause cancer.

Instead you can control every ingredient that goes into yourbread, and you'll know exactly how it is processed and created.

There are many other great incentives for baking homemade wholewheat bread, and I'll go into each one below.

HOMEMADE BREAD TASTES BETTER THAN STORE BOUGHT

Absolutely no arguement here. Everyone I've met agrees that thetaste of homemade bread far surpasses that of store boughtbread, (some have even said they could taste the chemicals inthe store bought bread and really hated it).

Taste is a biggie for a lot of people, and since everyone wantsto eat tasty meals, you can't go wrong by baking your own bread.

HOMEMADE BREAD SAVES YOU MONEY

It's much cheaper to buy all the ingredients for making breadseperately, than buying them already made into bread. You caneasily save $30 or $40 dollars a month, by baking your own bread.

This is especially true if you buy as many of your breadingredients as you can, in the bulk department of a supermarket.

An entire bag of whole wheat flour (enough to make 4 to 6loaves) could cost $4.00 or less. This is just one example ofhow cheap baking your own bread is.

HOMEMADE BREAD IS LOWER IN FAT THIS = WEIGHT LOSS

My favorite reason for baking bread, is that, if you bake theright kind of bread (like whole wheat bread) it can be a greatway to help you lose pounds or maintain a healthy weight.

I'm sure you've heard the myth before that bread is reallyfattening, it's a myth at least for homemade whole wheat bread.

Store bought bread really is fattening because of all the extrasthat large scale manufacturers stuff their bread with.

Manufacturers do this to give their bread longer shelf life andto make the bread look more appealing so they'll get morecustomers to buy their bread.

These big corporate CEO's could care less if their bread causesyou to pack on pounds. You've got to remember, after all, thatthey're only in it for the money.

But if you bake your own whole wheat bread you'll have a trulywholesome bread that will help you to achieve the healthy body,goal weight and long happy life you desire.

About the author:Don't think you can bake your own whole wheat bread? Don't knowwhere to start? Beth Scott teaches bread baking in simple easyto follow steps. Visit her Easy Bread Baking website for more details.