For this reason, you’ll often find psyllium in over-the-counter laxatives, stool-bulking agents and colon cleansing kits basically anything having to do with poo. Psyllium come from the plant Plantago ovata and is related to the common garden dweller Plantain (not to be confused with the fruit!). Psyllium seed husks are one of nature’s most absorbent fibers, able to suck up over ten times their weight in water. Nice observation, and the answer is psyllium seed husks. You’re probably asking yourself how the heck this bread holds itself together without any flour. I savour every slice instead of making it every meal. This way I appreciate bread on a whole other level and it becomes special. And I like the ritual of walking down the canal to the bakery (rye bread is one of the few things I actually purchase “ready-made”). People often ask me why I don’t bake my own bread, and the answer is simple: the Danes just do it better. I love going to the bakery on Saturday morning and getting a loaf of rye that has naturally risen for days, been baked for 24 hours, and looks and feels like a brick. Bread here is hearty, filling, and a single slice is almost like a meal in itself. The Danes are excellent bread makers, especially when it comes to sourdoughs and of course, rye. When I moved to Denmark four years ago I fell head-over-heels for bread all over again, except this time, it wasn’t light and fluffy – it was kind of like the weather – dark, deep, and intense. Now, that isn’t to say that my love affair with bread ended there. I realized that if I replaced a few slices of bread a day, I could make room for things like greens, fresh fruits, legumes, and that I would be getting more nutrients from the same amount of calories. Not because bread is inherently “bad” (in my books nothing is that black and white), but that I knew when I was basing three meals a day around a loaf of crusty, white French loaf, something had to give.

When I began eating healthier, bread was definitely on my hit list.

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