One of my friends from high school has opened up a bakery here in town, and because of our relationship he has offered to let me take everything that he has to throw away.

Well, as most know, this includes a lot of 'refined' pastries, so I take most of those, including a lot of white bread to the local homeless shelter.....where the people really appreciate just having any sort of food, even if it is 'white' bread. ;)

Anyways, part of the stuff he gives me are lots and lots and lots of bagels. All sorts. I give a lot of these to the homeless shelter...usually swing by the grocery store once in a while to take them a few containers of cream cheese for a treat once in a while.

My question is that I'm getting these '100% whole grain' bagels....'source of Omega-3's....'Flax Bagels.' They also have the 'health check' symbol on them.

320 calories per bagel, no Trans fats, a pretty decent amount of polysaturated fats, some monosaturated fats....sodium is only 270mg, only 27g carbs(compared to the others that have over 60g), 4g fiber, 3g sugar, and 6g protein.

Now I love bagels, and I'm trying to experiment here at home to make my own, but if I'm getting these for free, why not use them?

Anyone see a problem? I'm a bit confused those, is the 'whole wheat' products that we should avoid? Or 'whole grain?'

Do they have HFCS in them? If so, I'd avoid it.

I'm getting these '100% whole grain' bagels....'source of Omega-3's....'Flax Bagels.' They also have the 'health check' symbol on them. 320 calories per bagel, no Trans fats, a pretty decent amount of polysaturated fats, some monosaturated fats....sodium is only 270mg, only 27g carbs(compared to the others that have over 60g), 4g fiber, 3g sugar, and 6g protein.

Now I love bagels, and I'm trying to experiment here at home to make my own, but if I'm getting these for free, why not use them?

Anyone see a problem? I'm a bit confused those, is the 'whole wheat' products that we should avoid? Or 'whole grain?'4 grams of fibre isn't a lot for something that has 320 calories. I took a look at the whole wheat bread I give my kids. In a large slice of whole wheat bread (about 38 grams, and 80 calories) there's 2 grams of fibre and 3 grams of protein. So your bagel has the same amount of energy as four slices of bread, but half the fibre and half the protein. :confused:

If it's a "multigrain" bagel then that would explain it (because it just means wheat, corn, rice, etc, but any part of the grain, not necessarily including the bran), but I don't know why a "whole grain" bagel would have less fibre than my whole wheat bread. Unless there's a difference between "whole grain" and "100% whole grain" :confused:

I enjoy a bagel about once a month, but if I could get them for free, I'd eat them more often. :) I do eat four slices of bread nearly every morning, and a lot of people wouldn't advise that either. ;)

That nutritional breakdown looks pretty decent compared to most. 4g fiber ain't horrible, and if it's truly not enriched flour, they look like a halfway decent carb source.

EDIT: Guava has a point on the fiber per calorie subject (I sometimes get some bread that's 40 calories per slice with 5 g of fiber in that), but I'd still say for a post workout food or something, they aren't horrible.

but I'd still say for a post workout food or something, they aren't horrible.

Agreed....just don't slather them with cream cheese...:lol:

Agreed....just don't slather them with cream cheese...:lol:


I make a great Anabolic Diet suitable no-bake cheesecake w/protein out of cream cheese :eat:

But I don't eat it with carbs though.

I make a great Anabolic Diet suitable no-bake cheesecake w/protein out of cream cheese :eat:


Recipie please...:drool:

Recipie please...:drool:

I was just thinking I haven't made that in awhile. I'll dig it out soon and post it somewhere.

recipie Please...:drool:

+1~!!!!

Agreed....just don't slather them with cream cheese...:lol:

Nah, only peanut butter for me. ;)