Confused - why is pitta bread any different to "normal" white bread?

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Please can anyone enlighten me.

Why is pitta bread supposed to be any different or nay better than normal white bread. It seems to be in all the diets so it must be?

TIA and look forward to any answers!!

you are less inclined to spread butter on it.

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ok thanks anyone else???

I think there are things done to industrial white bread to make it rise faster, that make it less healthy than flat bread.

Normal industrial white bread isn't leavened in the normal way, with hours of waiting, it rises in minutes, but they do some weird stuff to it, to make it rise so fast.

lower GI I think so releases carbs slower - something(as NQC says) to do with flour and processing.

This page has white bread with a GI of 72, pita with a GI of 59.

I have a book somewhere on what they do to flour etc to make industrial bread. It's not very cheery reading ... (And it's not a
fairies and crystals and chi book, it's a science book.)

Thank you it must be better for you anyway cos its in every "diet" you look at, having a baby 3 weeks ago i need all the help i can get to shift this weight!!!

I'm sure brown pita is probably even better.

'Diets' aren't a great idea, though, to be honest. Better to be patient and let the weight shift itself, over time. (I never lost weight in the six months after having either DS. But in the year after that I always ended up lighter than I was pre-kids.)

I know what you mean about diets. rephrase that to "change of lifestyle"!!!

Or rather not eating chocolate for breakfast, dinner and tea in last few months of pregnancy lol!!!

is it unleavaned? if it does not contain yeast that could be why.