Thread: am I allowed bread!

I've been bulking throughout the comp and wondered am I actually allowed to eat bread, only eat wholemeal mind, none of tht White processed rubbish

yes bud bread would be a great source of carbohydrate (energy) and great calorie content. just stay away from the white stuff! its us cutters that concider it the devil lol.

I know bout the whole energy shizz, actually learnt a fair bit over the last 2 months, jus wondered I it was good or bad carbs, n yer I though the calorie content was pretty good
god I feel for u cutters!! I jus wudnt be able to hack it, I'm only stickin o clean calories so no chocolate or pizzas, coke or sweets et. n iv been real strict for the past 2 weeks n I'm actually craving so badly!!!

If i remenber correctly your a bit of a "hard gainer" as you have an awesome met rate. I would say a good quality wholemeal would not be detrimental to your diet at all bud. as long as ur not eating a loaf a day dripping with butter lol. All wholegrains would be a good complex carbohydrate source.

mate dont tell me about cravings. i had one brown pita for my carbs today, just so i could treat myself to another with hummous tonight. AS A TREAT!!!!! LMAO

cant wait for the bulk. hows your progress going anyway??? oh and are you hitting bodypower?

yer I'm a very hard gainer, iv literally gotta be religious with my diet n training to gain anything, I've stopped cardio since I was duin boxing 3 times a week n tht was burning shed loads!! think I've gained about 4kgs since I started which is ok but I was hoping for more,
haha extra hummus, hilarious lol
I reely reely reely wanna go bodypower but I'm reely limited on funds n got exams so cnt reely make it, how's ur cut goin?

found this on t nation worth a read about how freezing and toasting lowers white breads gi and therefore making less likely to raise insulin

1. Carbs, Freezing, and Toasting: A Funny Thing Happens...
Jacking up your insulin level at the wrong time is bad news for your physique. Yet jacking it up at the right time — around the time of your butt-whuppin' bodybuilding workout — can do damn near magical things when it comes to packing on muscle. This phenomenon has even been given a name: The 3rd Law of Muscle.

You know the deal: The glycemic index, or GI, is a measure of the effects of carbohydrates on blood sugar levels. Carbs that break down quickly during digestion, releasing glucose rapidly into the bloodstream, have a high GI. Carbs that break down more slowly release glucose more gradually into the bloodstream, so they have a low GI.

White bread eaten alone has always been a standard food reference for GI. But leave it to Dr. Lowery to find an interesting twist here.

"If you freeze or you toast a piece of white bread, it'll change its glycemic index," says Lowery. "Most people don't realize that."

In 2008, researchers fed test subjects white bread and did the standard glucose curve test. On other days, they had subjects eat white bread that had been frozen then thawed. Next, they toasted the bread, and finally they tried a combination of freezing and toasting. The result?

If you freeze white bread (then thaw it of course) and eat it, it has a 31% lower glycemic index. In other words, the carbs are slower acting. Basically, freezing starches seems to change things.

"But it gets better," adds Lowery. "If you toast white bread it has a 25% lower GI compared to plain white bread."

Okay, so what happens when you freeze then toast white bread? You get bread with a 39% lower glycemic index.

Very interesting, yes? But most of us probably aren't pounding back white bread anyway. So does this work with whole grain breads and, my personal favorite, Ezekiel bread? Well, the study was only performed on white bread, and Dr. Lowery would like to see this tested on other starches, but it might also be true for healthier bread products.

So, if you enjoy occasional white bread as a treat, toss the loaf in the freezer when you get it home. Or, if you're stuck at grandma's house during the holidays and being forced to eat a leftover turkey sandwich on Wonder bread, you can freeze and then toast it to reduce the GI and possibly reduce any abs-wrecking effects.

The cut is going ok. not as good as i'd hoped but good nun the less. i will be happy one week out so i can get into fluid managemnt and make some improvements to my abs. hey didn't expect to get to the levell i was hoping for in such a short time if im honest. looking forward to finding out what peoples results are. its like waiting for the x factor auditions to start lmfao.

interesting bread facts. im gonna resurch this concept further. thanks bud.