Monday October 15, 2007
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Monday October 15, 2007 | Is Bread Crust Really Healthier? Yes! | Kids |
My daughter doesn't like to eat bread crust. I know she's not alone. Yet we tell our kids to eat is because it's supposedly healthier. My initial reaction was that it's probably not since both the crust and the inside from from the same dough. The only difference would be that that the crust is more cooked and has whatever topping you might put on it.
It turns out that I'm wrong. The crust really is healthier than the rest of the bread. A 2002 German study found that the crust contains an antioxidant called pronyl-lysine.
Using a conventional sourdough mixture containing rye and wheat flour,
Hofmann and his associates analyzed bread crust, bread crumbs (the pale
softer part of the bread) and flour for antioxidant content and
activity. They found that the process of baking bread produced a novel
type of antioxidant, called pronyl-lysine, that was eight times more
abundant in the crust than in the crumb. The compound was not present
in the original flour.
So, until we can get her to eat crusts I will now be eating them instead of throwing them away, or feeding them to the dog. Sorry, Bruiser.
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