Commercial bread is often made with simple sugars like high-fructose corn syrup, dextrose, and maltose that delivers a lot of calories per slice. The good news is you can eat bread without automatically putting on weight. The weight of the bread will tell all!
Starches like breads and baked goods are usually about 80 calories per ounce. Heavier breads are going to contain a higher calorie count. A slice of regular bread weighs about an ounce (80 calories); a single slice of dense, "all-natural" bread, however, might weigh 2 or even 3 ounces (160 to 240 calories).
In the grocery store, pick up two different loaves, holding one in each hand; the one that is lighter is generally going to be the one with fewer calories. It's that simple.
Muffins and most other baked goods, like banana breads and plain cakes, contain roughly 125 calories per ounce. So if you pick up a "healthy," "all-natural" bran muffin and it feels like a brick, consider the caloric consequences: A standard 4-ounce muffin weighs in at around 500 calories, almost the equivalent of 7 slices of standard bread.
"Weigh in" on breads and starches before you buy them.
Source: an article by Margaret Furtado, M.S., R.D. posted on Yahoo.com 12/21/09.
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