History of whole grain bread

Person

Event

Oliver Evans

Invented automated flour mill, patent #3 signed by Washington. Makes white flour. Washington owns it too.

Sylvester Graham

Wrote book “treatise on bread” saying white flour isn’t healthy. Unseparated ground wheat known as graham flour.

Ellen White

Learn nutritional principles from Graham. Later co-founded Seventh Day Adventist Church

Scientists of European Union

“The healthgrain definition of whole grain”: 1. Allows separation of white, germ, and bran, process separately, and recombine later. 2.it’s considered whole grain if 51% of flour is whole grain. 3. Germs don’t have to be included due to shelf life/safety issue.

David A Kessler, FDA commissioner appointed by George HW Bush

Wrote book “fast carbs, slow carbs”, concluded that when you separate whole grains to 3 components and recombine later, the health effect is similar to white flour.