So are the crusts of bread really any more nutritious?

[Dana Joy]

Or was my mom feeding me a line so she could avoid cutting off the crusts of my toast?

[SamRose]

Or was my mom feeding me a line so she could avoid cutting off the crusts of my toast?

I cant think of any obvious reason they would be, it's not like the peels of fruits and veggies. The dough goes into the oven all the same, the outside just gets cooked more. Which could actually make it loose some nutrition, couldnt it?

[StumblinMama]

:giggle I had totally forgot being fed that line as a child. Oh, the memories.

[Ellen]

Actually, I once read something arguing that they are the least nutritious! Something about carbs cooked at really high temps being very bad.

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or something about burnt carbs. Anyway, you can skip the crusts. :giggle

[Julianne]

Yeah, I seem to recall reading something about the crusts having a small amount of carcinogens from being cooked extra. I never minded crusts as a kid. But I can't stand them this pregnancy. :shrug3

[momyshaver]

I had never really thought about it :think I encourage my kids to eat them just b/c waste bothers me but I don't think they are more nutritious. :shrug3

[Codi]

:haha Dh and I have been talking about this lately! I cannot see HOW they would be more nutritious?! I mean, its all the same dough, it just looks different because it is on the outside and cooks differently.

[mwwr]

I'm voting that your mom was feeing you a line...

[Marsha]

you had to ask? LOL...however, i do think it's ok to say you won't cut crusts off bread.

[Emerald Orchid]

Once I figured they weren't more nutritious (as an adult!), I stopped forcing myself to eat them. :shifty

[MaybeGracie]

I got the same line too - and yes, it's a line. :giggle Actually, now that I think about it, she didn't tell me they were more nutritious, she told me they were good for my teeth. :lol

[Iarwain]

*NOTE TO SELF* Do not tell children crazy things like our mothers did that they will remember as adults and then repeat to others.

[Apple-Saucy]

Sorry to burst your bubble.

Some people say that eating the crust of the bread will give you curly hair. But the crust is also a rich source of antioxidants and may provide a much stronger health benefit than the rest of the bread. They found that the process of baking bread produced a novel type of antioxidant, called pronyl-lysine, that was eight times more abundant in the crust than in the crumb. The compound was not present in the original flour

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf020618n?cookieSet=1&journalCode=jafcau

[momyshaver]

Sorry to burst your bubble.



http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf020618n?cookieSet=1&journalCode=jafcau


That was so educational I will forgive you for peeing on my cheerios... :giggle

[Codi]

:think

*NOTE TO SELF* Do not tell children crazy things like our mothers did that they will remember as adults and then repeat to others.

On this note, today at the park, I heard a mom telling her ds that he could get sick from being in the sun too long. (She was trying to get him to leave the park.) :hunh

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And no, she did not mean like, heat stroke.

[Maggirayne]

LaLaLa! No, Apple Saucy, that's wrong! Lalalalalala :fingersinears

[cro]

I actually like the crust...despite my dad telling me it would put hair on my chest. :rolleyes

[Marsha]

:think



On this note, today at the park, I heard a mom telling her ds that he could get sick from being in the sun too long. (She was trying to get him to leave the park.) :hunh

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And no, she did not mean like, heat stroke.

How did you know what she meant? Also, maybe his skin breaks out or something when he's in the sun too long.

and OT, but I reserve the right to say a few "dumb mom" things. Otherwise, what's the fun LOL

[Codi]

:shrug He asked her, "What about them?" pointing to us and she said, "They are going home soon too!" It was pretty clear what she meant being there and hearing/seeing it.

[Rabbit]

Some medications will make you sick in the sun, and Samantha gets sick in the sun because of a genetic disorder. No telling what that mom meant. She might have been off her rocker. She might have been handling her son's issues weirdly.

[Codi]

Yeah my dd and ds were both just on something that they were not supposed to be in the sun while taking.

But anyways....back to the actual thread. Sorry OP.

[ArmsOfLove]

:no :giggle

in your mom's defense she was probably passing down generational wisdom ;)

[cobluegirl]

It is all the same dough. I don't see how part of it is going to be different than another part....

[megmac]

What's wrong with everyone???

THE CRUST IS THE BEST BIT!!!!:snooty

[Pearl In Oyster]

My mom told me the same thing about the crusts.

On the same vein, the other day I heard a mom telling her 4yo daughter. "Now, you can't go to the bathroom again. You went already and if you go too many times you will fall in." Which she probably meant as an exaggeration to show her exasperation at too many potty trips, but I can totally remember taking stuff like that literally as a kid.

Like when I had my mouth numbed at the dentist at 6 or 7 and he told me not to drink for a certain amount of time afterwards or I would drool ... I thought he meant I'd drool FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!

[Codi]

Maybe the little girl has a condition where if she goes to the bathroom too many times, she actually will fall in. :shrug

:duck :giggle

[Emerald Orchid]

You people are nuts. :sh4

[Maggirayne]

Of course we are, are you just finding that out? :p ;) :giggle

[Emerald Orchid]

Of course we are, are you just finding that out? :p ;) :giggle

:giggle

[abh5e8]

Sorry to burst your bubble.



http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf020618n?cookieSet=1&journalCode=jafcau

in a test tube...in vitro means in a test tube. no results in vivo...which would be in a person. :)

[Auroras mom]

If you do some searching on advanced glycation end products (AGE), you will find some information that indicates that not only are these browned foods not better for you, but they are potentially quite detrimental.