Brad, stories such as this one should not make us change our eating
habits.

Let's see what the story reported: that eaters of whole grain bread
do not have expanding waistlines, whereas eaters of white bread do.

What does it really prove? Nothing.

People who eat "whole grain" bread and do not eat white bread are
definitely those who are very concerned with diet and nutrition. Whole
grain bread is much more expensive and, to most people, not as tasty.
So, to buy it, one needs to have compelling motivation, like wanting
to be on a diet (duh).

So, these whole grain eaters probably also "eat less and exercise
more", and, quite possibly, that and not their bread eating habit is
why they are not getting fatter like the rest of the nation.

It was a study that is relatively worthless, and typical of many
epidemiological "nutrition studies".

To those who would jump here to say that "ignoramus advocates white
bread", I want to say that I do not advocate white bread, but instead
point out that the study is deficient in a major way.

I am personally not convinced that whole grain bread is much superior
to white bread for diabetics, with respect to blood sugar
issues. According to Dr. Bernstein, who appears to be quite sensible,
it is not much superior. Obviously, whoe grain bread has more vitamins
and fiber, but it is not a great nutritional bargain for diabetics.

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