Because some nutritional sinners can be saved

CONFESSION BOX
Father, help me. I’m being bullied by the carb cops. They’re calling me a glycaemic missile and telling people not to go near me. I’m the staff of life for goodness sake. Sure, my white varieties are a nutritional non-entity and combined with a bit of butter and some jam or meat, the kilojoules start piling up. But I don’t deserve to be demonised, do I?

THE GOOD WORD
If you’re a demon, then I’m the devil. The low-carb craze is temporary, class is forever. Multigrain foods like you contain antioxidants and are high in fibre. Your starch makes you a great, slow-burning energy source, best eaten early in the day. It’s true, white bread should go the way of the white Australia policy, but it doesn’t matter, because multigrain is the new black.

THE BLESSING
Multigrain bread is better than . . .

Kilojoules
Weetbix   596 kJ/40g
Bread      386kJ/40g

Protein
Rice crackers  3g/40g
Bread            3.6g/40g

Fibre
Broccoli   1g/40g
Bread      1.9g/40g