Doctor promoting "National bread week"

maximum12

Was watching the programme presented by Daichi O'Shea yesterday and they had a section on national bread week.

They had celebrity doctor, Dr. Ciara Kelly on to talk about bread. It was pretty obvious to me that she is being paid to promote bread but this wasn't disclosed to the viewers.

She went on to talk about all the nutritional benefits of bread without saying anything negative. She stated that bread is low in sugar and fat and made no distinction between different types of bread.

I feel uncomfortable with a Doctor doing PR work for an industry body on a public service broadcaster as many people will take her input as sound dietary advice.

Thoughts ? Am I just overly influenced by the bad press white bread has been getting?

Dial Hard

maximum12 wrote:

Thoughts ? Am I just overly influenced by the bad press white bread has been getting?

Probably. Bread =/= white bread.

tommyboy2222

http://brennansbread.ie/news/2015/10/09/bread-hero-or-villain

Doctors shilling for companies is nothing new

Alf Veedersane

Bread isn't inherently bad.

gctest50

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Bread isn't inherently bad.

By not eating it* though, it kinda forces you to do better




(* bit now n again, don't replace it with oreos or whatever etc etc)

HeidiHeidi

There was a man on both Sean O Rourke and Pat Kenny (and possibly other shows, those were just the two I happened to hear) last week extolling the virtues of vitamin D, and he was blatantly and obviously being paid by Avonmore to promote their fortified milk.

Alf Veedersane

gctest50 wrote: »

By not eating it* though, it kinda forces you to do better




(* bit now n again, don't replace it with oreos or whatever etc etc)

Bread is demonised though as if it's part of the reason there are so many people struggling with their weight.

If I ate a decent sized avocado, which I could easily do, I'd probably get more calories on board than a big standard ham sandwich. Or in the ballpark at least.

The problem isn't the bread per se. It's usually just part of a larger issue of having no idea of what's in what one eats.

gctest50

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

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It's usually just part of a larger issue of having no idea of what's in what one eats.

No idea 'cos they ate it all, and some of yours

Alf Veedersane

gctest50 wrote: »

No idea 'cos they ate it all, and some of yours

Between two slices of bread...so it's the bread's fault.

maximum12

Dial Hard wrote: »

Probably. Bread =/= white bread.

Ciara Kelly made no distinction. She just said Brown may suit some people and white may suit others based on digestive issues they may have.

gctest50

you can get free protein with it sometimes :

Mellor

maximum12 wrote: »

Am I just overly influenced by the bad press white bread has been getting?

Probably tbh.

maximum12 wrote: »

Ciara Kelly made no distinction. She just said Brown may suit some people and white may suit others based on digestive issues they may have.

White bread isn't significantly worse than brown. Not to extent people make out.
Or brown isn't significantly better, dependant on whether to you a glass half full or half empty type.
Ditto for pasta, rice etc