Wholemeal Flour

If you wish to embrace a healthy lifestyle and incorporating a healthy diet is one of the important component that has to be inculcated over the passage of time. One of chief source of healthy diet, Wholemeal Flour is a miracle food, that can affect your health for yielding better results. Its amazing how this particular food item is the source of some of the vital nutrients demanded by our body. Read on to know more about the miracle effects of Wholemeal flour, which has higher fiber content than plain flour.

Facts about Wholemeal Flour:
It is important to mention that there exists many types of wheat flour which have different characteristics in accordance with the factors that basically concentrates on the variety of wheat, growing conditions, planting and harvesting times. Among the various types of wheat flour availed mention may be made of three kinds, wholemeal, brown or white. It all depends on how the wheat grains are milled and processed , because this affects the overall sensory, functional and nutritional properties of the flour. In the production of wholemeal flour the whole grain is used. For this type of flour , the extraction rate is about 100 percent , which means that nothing is removed during the milling process. The color of wholemeal flour is generally light brown.

Nutritional value of Wholemeal Flour:
Wholemeal flour provides about 310 - 340 kcal/100g (1320 - 1450 KJ/100g) . Low in fats the benefits of Wholemeal is whole some. Wholemeal flour is a good source for proteins, vitamins, particularly the B vitamins thiamine and niacin, and other range of minerals. Also it is to be mentioned that the concentration of selenium in Wholemeal flour is particularly influenced by the selenium concentration in the soil where the grain is grown.

Minerals

Dairy Produce	Raisins
Wholemeal Flour	Pulses
Cereals	Fresh Fruit
Egg Yolk	Oysters