Comment on Is sourdough good for you? By Dr Kimbell by Kristin Cantor

Kristin Cantor — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:14:36 +0000

I don’t think this is the best explanation. The point is valid that fermenting something could make it nutritious but only if it’s nutritious to begin with. I agree with that part. taking something that lacks nutrients and fermenting it doesn’t make it magically have nutrients , I get that. However white flour in itself is not bad for most people to have to have sometimes. Nor does it invariably mean you’re gonna be constipated if you have a healthy diet and you can include white flour in your diet , but whole wheat and whole grains are better also white flour does have some nutrients , but taking the bran out of the wheet does strip it of much of its nutrients. Sometimes they do add some of the nutrients back , but it’s not the same as whole grain , which has it all in there. so I don’t think making sour dough with white flour is completely useless but if you’re making sourdough for the health benefits , you’re better off using them nutritious flour , like whole wheat.
i mean, you can follow a recipe that like she mentioned preppy kitchen, which he uses bread flour but you and replace half bread flour with half whole wheat flour for some bread recipes , but you just maybe need more water sometimes for the recipe , but that’s beside the point. Many bread recipes also have other things added like fruit or seeds but that’s is added after the fermentation process, so that probably wouldn’t make it any one nutritious thzn a yeast dough with those things added persay but still it’s at fiber which disputes the point about it being constipating. You could also make the starter itself with whole wheet flour which actually makes a better quicker starter.

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