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Health Report: Bread and Calories
Buttered toast Per slice: 155 kcals
Warm toast really soaks up butter, so, how can you enjoy it with fewer calories?
How to cut calories
Always go for thick sliced bread so you eat more bread and less fats. One thick slice of bread will be as filling as two thin slices but with less calories.
Spread toast with low-fat spread. It has less than half the fat and calories of butter.
Get into the habit of not using a spread if topping with something else.
Fried Bread Per slice: 300 kcals
Bread is fried in hot oil or fat.
How to cut calories
A cooked breakfast is a treat. Nearly all of it can be grilled to cut fat, but there is really no lower-fat version of fried bread. Try thick, dry toast topped with scrambled egg or canned tomatoes instead.
Pitta Bread Each: 150 kcals
Middle Eastern bread pockets.
How to cut calories
The bread itself contains very little fat, but watch out for the calories in popular dips; go for ‘reduced fat’ varieties.
Garlic Bread
½ baguette: 260 kcals
French bread cut and spread with garlic butter, then reformed and baked.
How to cut calories
Add crushed garlic to extra virgin olive oil, brush lightly between slices and bake as usual. Still high in calories but at least the fat will be unsaturated
Reduced-fast spread makes significant calorie savings.
Look out for “less fat” garlic baguette in supermarket freeze cabinets.
Ciabatta 70g: 171 kcals
Popular italian-style crusty bread.
How to cut calories
Ciabatta is richer in calories than regular bread as it’s enriched with olive oil, so don’t spread butter on it.
Croissant Each: 195 kcals
Made with butter, there’s nothing quite like this flaky French favourite.
How to cut calories
Don’t eat every day; keep for weekends.
Look out for “less fat” croissants.
They’re already rich and buttery, so serve with just a spoonful of good quality, high-fruit jam instead of extra butter.
