Proclaimed by Congress in 2002, National Bread Month means bread has been officially celebrated in the U.S. for a decade. But bread has served as the staff of life since biblical times and has nourished almost every culture throughout the world. Be it empanadas in South America, baguettes in France or pitas in the Middle East, bread is a healthful and inexpensive staple in most cultures.
Some folks may degrade and belittle bread and the wheat it comes from, but science is on bread’s side. Several recent studies prove that bread (and other grains), in recommended amounts, actually decreases waist circumference when two servings of enriched grains and three servings of whole grains are consumed daily1. This consumption pattern is almost identical to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s MyPlate program.