Whole Grain White Bread

I'm always trying to tweak my diet to be a little healthier. The latest part of my diet that is under attack is the bread. I eat a massive amount of carbs, most of which consists of bread (but there is also a lot of rice in my diet). I probably eat around 1.5 loaves of bread per week.

Years ago, all of the bread that I ate was white bread. I grew up eating white bread, so it was really difficult to switch to anything whole grain. A few years ago, I switched to alternating between eating loaves of white and whole grain wheat. Now I'm trying to switch entirely to whole grain breads.

A friend recently told me about a new product out on the market: whole grain white bread [usatoday.com]. The idea is to have the nutrition of a whole grain bread, with the texture and taste of a white bread.

If you go out and try to buy this type of bread, you have to look out [cbsnews.com], because many companies try to fool you into thinking that a loaf is whole grain when only a small percentage of the ingredients are whole grain.

We are trying out a local brand right now (as many of the competitors, such as Wonder, haven't made them available in our area yet). So far, the loaves seem like they are a step in the right direction, but maybe they're not quite there yet. From the texture, you can still tell that it is a whole grain bread, but at least the taste isn't so harsh.