Three Whites that blacketh health - Part II: White Flour

Come morning and the day starts with a diet that boasts of pancakes, bagels, toasts, biscuits and other items in this league, but the common thread? The ignominious ingredient-White Flour. White flour seems to be a part of the culinary world all over the globe. Used so widely, it has become a staple for the households. But there is so much to this ingredient than what meets the eye. This ingredient finds its way into our body through one way or other and sticks there, unleashing a slow yet adverse effect on the health. Let’s take a look over the common harmful effects of white flour:

1.       Obesity and Blood Sugar Disorders:-
Consuming white flour straightaway causes the blood sugar to shoot up and in turn, puts pressure on the pancreas to produce insulin to counter that. With prolonged consumption of white flour, the pancreas gets worn out and stops producing insulin, thus causing diabetes.
 

2.       The glue that sticks to your gut:-
Mix some white flour with some water and what you obtain is a strong adhesive substance that you can use as a substitute for the synthetic glues, such is the potential of this white flour. Now imagine how it would be sticking to our insides when consumed. It sticks to our intestines, slows down the metabolism and causes blockage.

3.       Leads to wheat allergy:-
The only reason why most of us haven’t heard of wheat allergy is precisely because it does not show immediate signs. It takes its own time to give you problems that take a heavy toll on your body. White flour is obtained from hybrid seeds by expediting the growth process with the heavy use of chemicals and fertilizers. This leaves white flour devoid it of any nutritional value whatsoever, thus this substance becomes difficult to be digested and causes various ailments.
Wheat allergy may not show strong symptoms in a patient, but over a period of time, it can lead many problems like psychosis, asthma, depression, narcoleps, obesity and many more.

4.       Acidic in nature:-
White flour is acidic in nature which makes it all the more hazardous for health. It causes various gastrointestinal problems like Acid reflux, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Acidity