Trabalho Elaborado Trabalho Elaborado por:por:

André Silva, nº3 André Silva, nº3 12ºA12ºA

Rute Marques, nº25 Rute Marques, nº25 12ºA12ºA

2004/20052004/2005Photos: BREAD Photos: BREAD

MUSEUM/PORTUGALMUSEUM/PORTUGAL

Escola Secundária Francisco Escola Secundária Francisco Rodrigues LoboRodrigues Lobo

More than 40% of present time illnesses are directly or indirectly derived from alimentary errors. Let us see the alimentary pyramid:

Bread belongs to the section "eat more of this“, what means that it must be daily consumed.

Bread is essential, supplying needed carbohydrates to our organism beyond vitamins and staple fibres.

Because it has a bigger satiated effect and facilitates digestion and work of intestinal device, integral bread with staple fibre addition is more recommended then white bread.

Health and Health and BreadBread

Breads Breads BenefitsBenefits

Energy RecuperatorEnergy Recuperator - bread contains little fat - bread contains little fat and is rich in carbohydrates, so if we have in and is rich in carbohydrates, so if we have in accountaccount many cooked foods it becomes many cooked foods it becomes comparatively poor in calories. White and comparatively poor in calories. White and integral breads are quickly digested and integral breads are quickly digested and absorbed and so ideal for people needing an absorbed and so ideal for people needing an energy increase after physical exercise. energy increase after physical exercise.

Colon cancer combatColon cancer combat - wheat's bran of - wheat's bran of integral bread increases the volume of integral bread increases the volume of excrements, speeding it up through colon, excrements, speeding it up through colon, and therefore it can help to remove and therefore it can help to remove potentially cancerigenic substances. potentially cancerigenic substances.

Calcium sourceCalcium source - white bread is a good - white bread is a good calcium source to ones that consumes few calcium source to ones that consumes few dairy products and for the children because dairy products and for the children because blockading calcium substances are blockading calcium substances are eliminated during the milling process.eliminated during the milling process.

Efficient in anemia casesEfficient in anemia cases –– due todue to iron iron addition, white bread becomes a beneficial addition, white bread becomes a beneficial source of this essential mineral, source of this essential mineral, mainly for mainly for small amounts of iron consumers like small amounts of iron consumers like vegetarians ones. vegetarians ones.

Masculine infertilityMasculine infertility - selenium, existing in - selenium, existing in wheat cultivated grounds is a strong wheat cultivated grounds is a strong antirust capable of hinder free radical antirust capable of hinder free radical

attacks that provokesattacks that provokes cardiovascular cardiovascular

illnesses.illnesses. Moreover, it’s an essential Moreover, it’s an essential

element to masculine fertility.element to masculine fertility.

Vertebral column problemsVertebral column problems - integral bread - integral bread and folic acid strenghtened breads and folic acid strenghtened breads contributes to daily average ingestion of contributes to daily average ingestion of complex B vitamin. Ingestion of great complex B vitamin. Ingestion of great amounts of this acid by pregnant women amounts of this acid by pregnant women helps to protect the embryos from bifid helps to protect the embryos from bifid spine.spine.

Bread constituentsBread constituents

Constituents in 100g in 300gdaily

necessities

Carbohydrates 60,40 g 181,2g 454 g

Proteins 7,2 g 21,6g 80g

Cellulose 0,7g 21g 2/25g

Iron 5 mg 15mg 15mg

Bread average nutritional value:

Iron

The lack of iron provokes anemia and the lack of complex B brings nevrites, lack of appetite, muscular atony and emotional and digestive disturbances.

Carbohydrates

Bread is the main carbohydrate supplier to our organism.

Starch

Most of starches aren’t absorbed; supplies energy. So, we must ingest more starch then saccharose (sugar).

Proteins

Soluble proteins, under the albumin form, and insoluble proteins, constitutes gluten;

Alimentary proteins are first disintegrated to amino acids and then absorbed.

When there are lack of amino acids in nourishment, our organism can’t develop.

Cellulose

Cellulose and insoluble substances plays primordial roles in digestibility, absorption and intestinal functioning.

With all these With all these advantages, are you advantages, are you

still worried with still worried with fattening related to fattening related to

bread consumption? bread consumption?

Please, care about Please, care about your health, your health,

eating bread!eating bread!