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My Initial Impression of Hunza Bread

Recently I had a friend request that I make him a batch of Hunza bread so that he could do the “Hunza diet”. I hadn’t heard of the stuff before so I had to do some digging around the internet to find the recipe, which consequently led me to the history of the bread. Once upon a time, no really, it was once upon a time around 2000 years ago a recipe (although I highly doubt it was recorded on a recipe card or parchment) was used by the little known civilization of Hunza. The Hunza people were considered to be the healthiest people on earth and their bread was the main part of their diet. A Swedish woman, maybe a Hunzite, I can’t be sure, decided to modify the bread recipe with grains available today. The bread is now used as the main ingredient in a diet that consists mostly of bread.

Now, back to that friend who wanted to lose weight, he’s overweight, sits at a computer all day, and eats out for two of his meals every day of the week. His favorite lunch is a deep fried fish sandwich from an establishment that is recognized by its golden arches and the large population that enjoys their food (pun intended)! I’m happy that my friend wants to make some healthy eating choices but he’s going to have to look at his lifestyle a little closer if he hopes to be as healthy as the Hunza.

Hunza Bread Ingredients & What the Manufacturer Says They Will Do

Most of the information that I came across about the bread recipe being used as the mainstay of a diet claimed that one or two slices of Hunza bread would suppress a person's appetite for 4 to 6 hours. The various grains used in the recipe are supposedly powerful appetite inhibitors. The recipes vary a bit, but Hunza bread mostly contains sunflower seeds, oat bran, buckwheat flour, millet flour, triticale flour, and whole-wheat flour.

As you can tell, it is hearty bread and it is no wonder that, a person’s appetite would be held at bay for several hours after eating a couple of slices. The oat bran is a soluble fiber, so you can count on it expanding in the digestive tract. Like oatmeal, oat bran contains B complex vitamins, protein, fat, minerals, and as I said, heart healthy soluble fiber. Sunflower seeds appear to be one of the primary ingredients, I can’t be sure if the seeds are ground or left whole, either way the seeds are considered power-packed with healthy fats, protein, fiber, minerals, vitamin E, and phytochemicals.

The Main Drawbacks to Hunza Bread

The common mistake people make when considering a single ingredient as the core of a diet is the body requires the whole gamut of nutrition from all healthy food sources. The metabolism in the body works the most efficiently when it is consuming calories from whole foods. In other words, unprocessed food that is low in sugars and fat. People like my friend often overlook this vital detail of a culture where obesity is not an issue. In this instance, if we were to live like the Hunza people there would have to be changes in our lifestyle, not just our eating choices. Survival of the fittest takes on new meaning when you consider how cultures had to hunt and gather, and learn to run for their lives!

Would I try Hunza Bread?

To say I enjoy bread would be an understatement indeed! Here’s the difference though, if I were trying to lose weight I would take advantage of all the modern developments in herbal supplementation. Just as sunflower seeds and oat bran are power packed with what our bodies need, there is plant life that can offer up age-old secrets for helping us manage our weight and our appetites.

What Others Are Saying About Hunza Bread

The Hunza diet and all the bread recipe variations are on the internet for free downloading. You can access what people are saying about it as a diet choice on many of the diet review sites.