Compared to soda pop, white bread is health food

There was a time when bread was the leading source of calories in the U.S. diet.

But no more.

Odilia Bermudez, Ph.D., of Tufts University, researched responses from the 1999 to 2000 National Health and Nutrition Survey. More than 65 percent all participants said they drank as much as three servings of soda or some other type of sweetened beverages each day.

According to Dr. Bermudez, as a nation, we now get about 14 percent of our total energy from Yoo-Hoo, Mountain Dew, Cherry 7-Up, etc., etc., etc.

Suddenly white bread seemswellalmost nutritious. After all, compared to soda pop, white bread is health food.

The NutraIngredients.com article that reports on Dr. Bermudez’ study also quotes Patricia McPeak, a member of the California Obesity-Prevention Committee. Ms. McPeak points out that obesity is a “disease of malnutrition.” She says, “We need to nourish the body back to health, not starve it.”

I think Ms. McPeak may have peeked at one of the “health at every size” web sites.

Sources:
“Sweet Drinks Starve Americans of Nutrition” Jess Halliday, NutraIngredients.com, 6/13/05, nutraingredients.com