Today’s burning question: What the hell are the 12 Grains in my bagel?
Wheat, Flax, Rye, Oats, Millet, Triticale, Corn, Rice, Sesame Seeds, Barley, Sunflower Seeds and Buckwheat would be the answer from Dempster’s Bakery.
Others include Spelt, Poppy Seeds, Soybean flour and Quinoa. I know, technically, Sesame, Sunflower, Soy and Poppy are seeds or legumes, not grains, but somehow they’re now called grains, at least when it comes to advertising.
Then there is the whole probiotic and prebiotic. Probiotic means bacteria your gut can use to digest food. Acidophilus comes to mind and various yogurt manufacturers jack up the amount of acidophilus or other lactic acid bacterium in their products to give you a "probiotic" fix that they can charge more for.
Kraft makes a probiotic cheese. I am also waiting for a probiotic shampoo and conditioner that makes your hair shiny, manageable and is high in fiber.
I’m certain we’ll see a ‘probiotic’ vodka cooler that also has Omega-3 fatty acids and is high fibre. It should run about 70% alcohol, so you can get falling-over drunk at the same time as you are improving your health.
Prebiotic refers most often to Inulin, a plant fiber from chicory or dandelion root that you can’t actually digest in your upper intestine. It winds up in your lower intestine to feed the bacteria living there to "promote digestive health".
In advertising-speak that means fart like a sailor and pass turds the size and weight of a small fire extinguisher.
The problem is the modern water-saving toilets. With all this fiber going through us, we’ll have to flush nine or ten times to make our waste go away.
RoadDave 