Luckily, with new products arriving on the shelves of health food stores daily, you dont have to completely give up on breads and pastas...there are some great choices
Through reading The Eat Clean Diet by Tosca Reno (which I stumbled across coincidentally at a garage sale) I read about ezekial grain products. I noticed that ezekial grain products seem to be (at this point) sold exclusively from a brand called food for life. This amazing brand also sells highly nutritious gluten free products as well (which is great considering many of the gluten free breads on the market are loaded with sugars and preservatives. Here is what the site claims:
Ezekiel 4:9
Bread. And Better!™
Ezekiel 4:9 products are crafted in the likeness of the Holy Scripture verse Ezekiel 4:9 to ensure unrivaled honest nutrition and pure, delicious flavors.
"Take also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils and millet, and spelt and put them in one vessel…" Ezekiel 4:9
It’s this special, unique combination of 6 grains and legumes that harvests benefits beyond what we normally expect from our breads, pastas, cereals, and other foods.
- Source of Complete Protein - Rated 84.3% as efficient as the highest source of protein (comparable to that of milk or eggs)
- Contains 18 Amino Acids - Including all 9 essential amino acids
- Increased Digestibility - Sprouting breaks down starches in grains into simple sugars so your body can digest them easily.
- Increased Absorption of Minerals – Sprouting breaks down enzyme inhibitors, so your body can more easily absorb calcium, magnesium, iron, copper and zinc.
- Increased Vitamin C - Sprouting produces vitamin C.
- Increased Vitamin B - Sprouting increases the vitamin B2, B5 & B6.
- Great source of Fiber - Combining sprouted grains and legumes gives a good amount of natural fiber in each serving.
And as is true with all our Food for Life Sprouted Grain Products, we only use the very best ingredients and baking methods to ensure you truly get the very most out of your food.
- We use only freshly sprouted certified organic grains.
- Our products are kosher.
- We use absolutely no flour. Studies have shown that grinding grains into flour increases the surface area upon which enzymes in the body can work to more quickly convert starch into glucose.
- We don’t use any genetically modified organisms (GMO’s)
- We don’t use refined sugars. When sugar is refined and processed there are many harmful ingredients that are added to the sugar as a result. Instead, we use malted barley, a natural sweetener produced from sprouted barley, which is basically a carbohydrate comprised mostly of complex carbohydrates rather than the "sugar" carbohydrates.
- We don’t use anything artificial – no preservatives or shortenings.
- We use a unique slow-bake process to preserve the natural fiber and bran benefits of grains.
Our Ezekiel 4.9 Organic Sprouted Whole Grain Offerings
So I have been eating the ezekial brand products since this September, and let me tell you what a miraculous difference they have made in my life. I am not celiac but am sensitive to wheat products (especially breads and pastas) so in the past I choose to avoid them or by gluten free, the problem being that gluten free products such as breads made nothing but a crumbly mess, and were for the most part, nothing more than a reason to have a mad cursing fit every morning.
I have tried the ezekial wraps, the breads, and the cereals. After eating them I feel much more satisfied than after eating regular flour products, and they dont cause me to become bloated or constipated. I also have tried their brown rice wraps and they are just as good, and arent crumbly either. I havent tried their pasta yet as it isnt available yet in my local health food store, but plan to as soon as they offer it.
So after you toss the fruit loops, and wonder bread, consider restalking your cupboards with some of these wonderful products.
I guarantee you will NOT be disappointing!
I guarantee you will NOT be disappointing!
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