{"id":458222,"date":"2026-05-20T10:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/458222\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:46:18","slug":"brown-bread-is-the-biggest-health-scam-doctor-warns-most-healthy-loaves-are-refined-flour-in-disguise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/458222\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Brown Bread Is the Biggest Health Scam\u2019: Doctor Warns Most \u2018Healthy\u2019 Loaves Are Refined Flour in Disguise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These additives help improve texture, shelf life, and softness, but some research suggests they may negatively affect gut health. A 2015 study by Chassaing et al., published in Nature, linked certain emulsifiers to gut microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation in experimental models. Scientists continue to study how ultra-processed foods and additives may impact digestion, metabolism, and long-term health. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These additives help improve texture, shelf life, and softness, but some research suggests they may negatively affect gut&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[198715,198718,198721,198716,198722,103,198719,61,542,60,198717,446,198720,4036],"class_list":["post-458222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-anshuman-kaushal","tag-brown-bread-scam","tag-brown-bread-vs-white-bread","tag-caramel","tag-glycemic-index-bread","tag-health","tag-healthy-bread-myth","tag-ie","tag-instagram","tag-ireland","tag-minimal","tag-nutrition","tag-refined-flour-bread","tag-times-now"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}