HEALTHY CHOICES IN THE BREAD AISLE

Some tips for choosing a healthy bread:

• Read the nutrition label. The serving size should be one slice.
• The first ingredient should contain the word "whole" or "bran."
• Bread is a place to get high fiber. Fiber has no calories.
• Reduced calorie breads are not necessarily your best choice. The bread might be sliced thinner or contain a lot of air.
• Under carbohydrates — the amount of fiber—a good choice is 3 or more grams of fiber. Rye has 0 -2 grams of fiber, as does pumpernickel; dark breads do not necessarily mean the most healthy choices.
• As for bagels, grocery store bakery bagels are about the size of 4 servings of carbohydrate, and Dunkin Donuts bagels are equivalent to 5 servings. Most people with diabetes should have about 5- 7 servings in a day. If you're going to have a bagel, keep your serving size to the small frozen Lender's size.