Bread Guide: Whole-Grain Benefits & Healthy Flour Tips

Bread can be a healthy complex carb if you choose whole-grain over white varieties. From the benefits of banana bread to baking with coconut and rice flour, learn which ingredients to avoid for optimal wellness.

Brown Bread vs. Whole Wheat

Published Mar,26 2018 | By Gord Kerr

Whole grains are an important part of a balanced diet. However, being brown in color does not mean bread is made from whole-wheat flour.

What Is the Difference Between Baking Flour & Plain Flour?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Gord Kerr

Choosing a flour for your favorite recipe can be confusing. Different types of baking flour, such as cake flour, pastry flour, bread flour and self-rising flour, each have distinct qualities that can vary performance in the kitchen.

Gordon Kerr has worked in the health care industry for the past 15 years. He holds a diploma in Food and Nutritional Science from CSNN, Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, Vancouver. With his passion for a healthy lifestyle and the desire to help others benefit from proper nutrition and natural remedies, Gordon accepted the international position with CARICOM Regional Food and Nutrition in the Caribbean and moved to Barbados. As well as educating the under-nourished people in the region, Gordon formulated dietary plans to help manage medical conditions including chronic nutrition-related diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension. Now retired, Gord enjoys a quiet life on a small island in the Gulf Islands of B.C.