Bread and Humans: Our 14,400-Year-Old Relationship With Bread

Bread🍞: friend, enemy, or frenemy?

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Bread is synonymous with life.

Bread, at its simplest, contains four ingredients: natural flour from wheat, salt, yeast, and water. It represents home, and nourishment, and is emblematic of where you come from.

There’s roti, native to the Indian subcontinent, which is popular in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, and Malaysia. Ciabatta is bread from Italy. Na’an is a staple of Indian cuisine. Baguette and Brioche are two examples from France. The bagel originated from Poland. Challah is a heavenly gift from Israel. Pita bread is traditionally associated with Greek and Middle Eastern foods. Tortillas are Mexican in origin. The Armenians have lavash. Ethiopians gave us injera. And the British introduced scones— just to name a few of the well-known types of bread.

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In America, at the moment, carbohydrates top the list of bad-for-you foods, and many people are avoiding bread, rice, and other related items.