{"id":594148,"date":"2026-05-20T10:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/594148\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:25:18","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\/uk\/594148\/","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":594149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[203177,203179,203182,203178,203183,102,203180,103,21795,6636,203181,6533,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-594148","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-instagram","tag-minimal","tag-nutrition","tag-refined-flour-bread","tag-times-now","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}