whole wheat - Triathlon Week

Beaner · 09-08-2005, 05:37 AM

does eating whole wheat bread and pasta give the same benefits as eating white?

sfricks · 09-08-2005, 08:32 AM

I'm not a nutritionist but I'd guess whole wheat is significantly better than white. At least there is some nutritional benefit there. HTH

Beaner · 09-08-2005, 08:35 AM

Hey Scott,

I only eat ww. But, if I was wondering if eating white while training/racing was beneficial for glycogen stores.

sfricks · 09-08-2005, 09:41 AM

You can fill you glygogen stores with a lot of things more beneficial than white bread. If I were you I'd stick to WW. Personally, I do a lot of sports drinks + Carbo Pro and Spiz for carbo loading. I'd avoid the refined crap as much as possible. My 2 cents.

Smartt/RST · 09-08-2005, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Beaner

does eating whole wheat bread and pasta give the same benefits as eating white?

White bread is simply whole wheat that has been stripped of almost all of it's nutritional benefits. Food companies do this so that they can present what they feel is a more appealing product (it may have something to do with increasing shelf life as well). Subsequently, vitamins/minerals are added in an attempt to give the white bread some nutritional value, aside from providing calories.
In the end, one might say: "why fix it when it ain't broke"?