Whole Wheat Or Maida ??

Whole Wheat Or Maida ??

The coating of wheat grain contains b complex vitamins. When this coating or husk is removed while grinding, it becomes maida or refined floor. Maida is used for all bakery products like bread, biscuits and cake. Some indian sweets also contain maida. It's obvious that people don't get the vitamins when maida is eaten. Besides, whole wheat contains fibres. The husk of wheat contains fibres, which has multiple functions. The fibres slows down absorption of cholesterol and sugars from gut, thus prevent high cholesterol and high blood sugar. Fibres are also good for prevention of constipation. Fibres for bulk of stools. In us, the high incidence of colin cancer is attributed to lack of fibres in the food. In most of western and mediterranean countries consumption of bread as staple food is very high. Colon cancer is highly prevalent in these countries. 

We indians have started liking pizzas, burgers, cakes, pastries, biscuits and vada pav on massive scale. The incidence of diabetes, heart disease, thyroid and many other diseases are rising in young generation. One of the reason for such high incidence of deadly diseases is maida. Eat whole wheat not maida for good health.