As early as 300 BC. Bread was used to pay Egyptian workers who built the pyramids. Officially becoming the world’s first bread winners. Whether accidental or planned it was an excellent strategy.
Bread which uses wheat flour as its main ingredient, is rich in complex carbohydrates, providing a rich source of time released energy that fuels muscles and brain while promoting good health. Nutritionist recommends that 55 to 65% of our daily calories come from complex carbohydrates or whale gain products. The total daily carbohydrates in take of a person vary depending on one’s age, gender and physical activity.
Taking a balanced diet including food for the five major food group the grain, vegetables, fruit daily, meat and beans group is needed to assure adequate calories and energy. The grain group, however should be consumed in the largest quantities because it is the most efficient and readily available source of energy for physical and mental activity.
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