Instead we listen to food gurus and ivory tower theorists who promote the consumption of raw and unprocessed «whole foods;» or, we eat a lot of high - phytate foods like
commercial whole wheat bread and all -
bran breakfast
cereals.
Just exclude these ingredients from your diet: barley, bulgur,
cereal binding, couscous, durum, einkorn, emmer, filler, farro, graham flour, kamut, malt, malt extract, malt flavouring, malt syrup, oat
brans, oats, oat syrup, rye, semolina, spelt, triticale, wheat, wheat
bran, wheat germ, wheat starch, hydrolyzed plant or vegetable protein (HPP / HVP), seasonings, flavourings, soy sauce, ketchup, barbeque sauce,
commercial lunch meats, starch, modified food starch, dextrin, maltodextrin, medications.
We're all aware of the common breakfast
cereal commercials that show a bowlful of
bran flakes with milk, topped with banana slices, with a side glass of orange juice, accompanied by the phrase, «Part of a balanced breakfast!»