McCambridges Bread

Beetlebum

Just wondering if this bread is healthy?

I usually have it with avocado and light cottage cheese and just hope I'm being healthy!

EileenG

It's better than most of the breads out there, but it's still bread. It's made from wheat and it averages about 88 calories a slice. I personally can think of much better things to do with 88/176 calories. But it's streets ahead of white sliced pan.

Beetlebum

EileenG wrote: »

It's better than most of the breads out there, but it's still bread. It's made from wheat and it averages about 88 calories a slice. I personally can think of much better things to do with 88/176 calories. But it's streets ahead of white sliced pan.

Thanks. I don't calorie count, I think life is far too short for that plus I generally eat whatever I like and don't put on much weight. I definitly go over 2000 cals a day so I think metabolism plays a big role. I don't exercise either so I guess I'm just lucky.

88 calories seems a tiny amount though.

How else would you put 88 cals to use? Doubt you'd get much of anything for 88 cals!!

corkcomp

Beetlebum wrote: »

Thanks. I don't calorie count, I think life is far too short for that plus I generally eat whatever I like and don't put on much weight. I definitly go over 2000 cals a day so I think metabolism plays a big role. I don't exercise either so I guess I'm just lucky.

88 calories seems a tiny amount though.

How else would you put 88 cals to use? Doubt you'd get much of anything for 88 cals!!

based on what you've told us I dont see a problem.. personally I dont like that bread, I dont know what it is because I love brown bread in general.. you should try making your own, all you need is some buttermilk and whole wheat flour and maybe a little oat bran..

Lornen

Ever since I found out there is 1 calorie in a blackberry.. I see things in that light.

I could have a gut busting 88 blackberries for the same amount of calories as one dry piece of your bread..And any time I think of wanting a Snickers, I just think "holy hell, I'd need to eat 300 blackberries to equal that one tiny bar.."


Puts things into perspective!

dxhound2005

So there you have it Beetlebum, give up the bread and eat blackberries. I think you can see this is the wrong place to ask about bread. Here is recent joke ? from the Paleo Diet thread which had the Cavepersons rolling in the aisles.

I always get asked what I eat if I don't eat bread. I reply 'Food.'

Hilarious.

As corkcomp says bake your own or buy the best bread you can get and eat as part of a balanced diet. You already know it makes sense.

jam_mac_jam

McCambridges is better than most, its doesnt have flour treatment agent, its wholemeal and it fills you up much more than white bread. I would be carefull about baking your own I used to do that but when I worked out the calories in a slice I soon stopped, yes its good for you but easy to eat a slice much higher than 88 calories. But then again if you are not counting calories, its very very tasty.

colman1212

Lornen wrote: »

Ever since I found out there is 1 calorie in a blackberry.. I see things in that light.

I could have a gut busting 88 blackberries for the same amount of calories as one dry piece of your bread..And any time I think of wanting a Snickers, I just think "holy hell, I'd need to eat 300 blackberries to equal that one tiny bar.."


Puts things into perspective!

Yeah, if you have 50 euro to spend on blackberries!!!

EileenG

colman1212 wrote: »

Yeah, if you have 50 euro to spend on blackberries!!!

You BUY blackberries??? I pick wild ones and eat an indecent amount.

corkcomp

EileenG wrote: »

You BUY blackberries??? I pick wild ones and eat an indecent amount.

so Do I.. unfortunately there are 11 months of the year when thats not an option.. and before anyone says freeze them it would take a few days to pick enough! Frozen berries (lidl) seem to be the most economical tbh.. the 150g portions are ridiculous price.
edit: @dxhound.. not sure if it was the wording of your post of what but im still rofl here.. lol

El_Dangeroso

dxhound2005 wrote: »

So there you have it Beetlebum, give up the bread and eat blackberries. I think you can see this is the wrong place to ask about bread. Here is recent joke ? from the Paleo Diet thread which had the Cavepersons rolling in the aisles.

I always get asked what I eat if I don't eat bread. I reply 'Food.'

Hilarious.

As corkcomp says bake your own or buy the best bread you can get and eat as part of a balanced diet. You already know it makes sense.

Here's me thinking that you have to find actual scientific evidence to support your opinion, when all you have to do is make a bad joke and spout vague crap about a balanced diet blah blah blah :pac:

Lornen

colman1212 wrote: »

Yeah, if you have 50 euro to spend on blackberries!!!

I didn't say I ate blackberries very often, I just said that whenever I thought of calories, I thought of each calorie as a blackberry! And I don't ever buy blackberries!! I bought a nice big punnet of blueberries today for about 2.50.
1 cup of blueberries = 83 cals so even then it's trumping the bread calorie wise..

Anyway I'm not trying to slaughter the person and their bit of bread! :P
McCambrides do lovely bread, I'm partial to a slice with a lovely layer of low fat philly and a tablespoon of raspberry compote when feeling a bit bad.

dxhound2005

I love blackberries. Grew up in the country in hard times, 10 mouths to feed on a small farm, no electricity or running water, every bit of wild food was important along with whatever was cultivated. You certainly didn't turn up your nose at a slice of bread if it came your way.

In my unscientific way I put down problems like obesity not to bread but to the proliferation of the motor car and television. In general peoples lives are too sedentary. I cycled to school 6 miles and back every day, now if I go out the country on my bike cattle scatter in the fields in some places because they have never seen a bike before. That is true.

@corkcomp, thanks for having a sense of humour.

banquet

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I love blackberries. Grew up in the country in hard times, 10 mouths to feed on a small farm, no electricity or running water, every bit of wild food was important along with whatever was cultivated. You certainly didn't turn up your nose at a slice of bread if it came your way.

In my unscientific way I put down problems like obesity not to bread but to the proliferation of the motor car and television. In general peoples lives are too sedentary. I cycled to school 6 miles and back every day, now if I go out the country on my bike cattle scatter in the fields in some places because they have never seen a bike before. That is true.

@corkcomp, thanks for having a sense of humour.

Thanks for sharing that, although good to see your actually capable of posting without resorting to insulting others here.

Lornen

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I love blackberries. Grew up in the country in hard times, 10 mouths to feed on a small farm, no electricity or running water, every bit of wild food was important along with whatever was cultivated. You certainly didn't turn up your nose at a slice of bread if it came your way.

In my unscientific way I put down problems like obesity not to bread but to the proliferation of the motor car and television. In general peoples lives are too sedentary. I cycled to school 6 miles and back every day, now if I go out the country on my bike cattle scatter in the fields in some places because they have never seen a bike before. That is true.

@corkcomp, thanks for having a sense of humour.

Hey I hope I didn't offend you or anything. I don't know why I am getting some negative vibes off this thread ever since I compared bread to blackberries.. Trust me I'd take the easier option of eating a slice of bread over a gut busting amount of blackberries. I'm not that ridiculously picky about counting my calories! Plus the amount of acid and sugar in them would make you feel rather ill anyway!
Anyway, sorry if I offended you!


EDIT: I also do not follow a Paleo diet if your first comment was one implying I valued berries over bread. But just because I don't follow a strict diet doesn't mean I'd ever dismiss it. Different strokes for different folks. I don't think anyone comes on to this forum to hear the same old story spouted from various people. Opinions will obviously contradict one another but their should be no real need to start an argument over it, just because you don't agree with it entirely right?

dxhound2005

You didn't offend me and I'm sorry if I insulted anyone as well.

Mellor

Beetlebum wrote: »

How else would you put 88 cals to use? Doubt you'd get much of anything for 88 cals!!

1 slice for 88 cals isn't the worst way to spent them. I don't eat bread so I don't. i'd probably have a boiled egg or yogurt instead.

But how many people eat a slice of bread alone. It's probably going to be 2 slices (178) with butter (200) a slices of cheese a piece (320 calories).
That's more than a mars bar al of a sudden

Beetlebum

Mellor wrote: »

1 slice for 88 cals isn't the worst way to spent them. I don't eat bread so I don't. i'd probably have a boiled egg or yogurt instead.

But how many people eat a slice of bread alone. It's probably going to be 2 slices (178) with butter (200) a slices of cheese a piece (320 calories).
That's more than a mars bar al of a sudden

Damn...well I'd have mine with some hoummos and brie which is probably way higher cals again or cottage cheese and avocado. It's just so tasty.

I try my best to eat well and I really admire everyone's dedication and knowledge in this forum but I think life is way too short to be counting calories.
I think if it tastes good, enjoy it, savour it and only have it in moderation. I eat chocolate everyday but only a few squares as opposed to a whole bar.
Same goes for cheese, cream etc. I eat whatever I like but have small portions, eat every 3 hours or so and go to the gym.
So far it's worked for me and I'm the same weight I was when I was 17!

J-Fit

Beetlebum wrote: »

Damn...well I'd have mine with some hoummos and brie which is probably way higher cals again or cottage cheese and avocado. It's just so tasty.

I try my best to eat well and I really admire everyone's dedication and knowledge in this forum but I think life is way too short to be counting calories.
I think if it tastes good, enjoy it, savour it and only have it in moderation. I eat chocolate everyday but only a few squares as opposed to a whole bar.
Same goes for cheese, cream etc. I eat whatever I like but have small portions, eat every 3 hours or so and go to the gym.
So far it's worked for me and I'm the same weight I was when I was 17!

Forget weight, are you the same body composition? If so you're laughing.

Beetlebum

J-Fit wrote: »

Forget weight, are you the same body composition? If so you're laughing.

I'm not too sure what body composition I had when I was 17 but I'm 28 now and have a BMI of 21. I'm 8.3st and 5ft 3". So I htink I'm doing alright but I could be wrong!

I'm a size 8 and petite.

I don't obssess overw eight at all. I think some of the most beauitful women are the curvy women like Kate Winslet and Catherine Zeta Jones. That's the body I admire. They look healthy and stunning and I doubt they weigh their rice grains!

Sapsorrow

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I love blackberries. Grew up in the country in hard times, 10 mouths to feed on a small farm, no electricity or running water, every bit of wild food was important along with whatever was cultivated. You certainly didn't turn up your nose at a slice of bread if it came your way.

In my unscientific way I put down problems like obesity not to bread but to the proliferation of the motor car and television. In general peoples lives are too sedentary. I cycled to school 6 miles and back every day, now if I go out the country on my bike cattle scatter in the fields in some places because they have never seen a bike before. That is true.

Do you live in some wierd alternative universe populated solely by pilgrims or something?

brianthebard

I like the line about the bike the best.

Sapsorrow

It must be like that movie by that god awful tit of a director who I'd like to kick in the bollocks for making me waste a fiver at the cinema M Night Shamalan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_(2004_film)

corkcomp

Tbh those last few posts fail, even more so than the bread and food joke

dxhound2005

No, those girls are right it was exactly like The Village.

I knew people wouldn't believe what I said about cattle. Cattle are well used to cars and lorries but when they see something unfamiliar they get spooked. Its European Obesity Day 22nd May so I say get out there and frighten some cows.

corkcomp

dxhound2005 wrote: »

No, those girls are right it was exactly like The Village.

I knew people wouldn't believe what I said about cattle. Cattle are well used to cars and lorries but when they see something unfamiliar they get spooked. Its European Obesity Day 22nd May so I say get out there and frighten some cows.

Lol

Sapsorrow

corkcomp wrote: »

Tbh those last few posts fail, even more so than the bread and food joke

What that snide comment really necessary Corkcomp? It was only a bit of a joke. Don't know about anyone else but personally I'm getting sick of all the nasty little comments like this being left around the place.

corkcomp

Sapsorrow wrote: »

What that snide comment really necessary Corkcomp? It was only a bit of a joke. Don't know about anyone else but personally I'm getting sick of all the nasty little comments like this being left around the place.

you know full well that under lining selected parts of a users post and then making the following comment is not really a "bit of a joke" its clearly sarcastic and nasty
Do you live in some wierd alternative universe populated solely by pilgrims or something? dont dish it out if you dont want kickback.

Sapsorrow

corkcomp wrote: »

you know full well that under lining selected parts of a users post and then making the following comment is not really a "bit of a joke" its clearly sarcastic and nasty
Do you live in some wierd alternative universe populated solely by pilgrims or something? dont dish it out if you dont want kickback.

WHAT!! It was totally meant to be a joke and wasn't meant to be in any way sarcastic, I don't know how you managed to get a sarcastic vibe of it. Why the hell would I have any reason to be nasty to DX? FFS you take things way too seriously it was only meant to be a bit of a laugh, people always slag each other off in good nature here there's no need to take it so seriously. I am getting so fed up with this BS on this forum anytime someone tries to crack a bit of a joke or even have a debate there's some dry balls lurking about trying to wreck the buzz for everyone else.

Sapsorrow

Apologies what I meant to say was: Do you live in some wierd alternative universe populated solely by pilgrims or something? :p:p

Is that better? musn't forget the ' I'm not trying to be a b*tch or sarcastic' smiley face next time I try and have a bit of a laugh round here.

brianthebard

corkcomp wrote: »

you know full well that under lining selected parts of a users post and then making the following comment is not really a "bit of a joke" its clearly sarcastic and nasty
Do you live in some wierd alternative universe populated solely by pilgrims or something? dont dish it out if you dont want kickback.

Come off it dx was clearing talking nonsense, no running water and gathering wild foods as a main source of food? What are they 90?

optogirl

Lornen wrote: »

I didn't say I ate blackberries very often, I just said that whenever I thought of calories, I thought of each calorie as a blackberry! And I don't ever buy blackberries!! I bought a nice big punnet of blueberries today for about 2.50.
1 cup of blueberries = 83 cals so even then it's trumping the bread calorie wise..

Anyway I'm not trying to slaughter the person and their bit of bread! :P
McCambrides do lovely bread, I'm partial to a slice with a lovely layer of low fat philly and a tablespoon of raspberry compote when feeling a bit bad.

yeah but you can't make a crisp sandwich with blackberries

rantyface

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upbp97IAfas

m'lady

So would mccambridges bread be better than most bread on the shelves?