Daily intake of wheat germ-enriched bread may promote a healthy gut bacterial microbiota: a randomised controlled trial.
Moreira-Rosário A, Marques C, Pinheiro H, Norberto S, Sintra D, Teixeira JA, Calhau C, Azevedo LF.
Eur J Nutr. 2019 Jul 19. doi: 10.1007/s00394-019-02045-x.

Wheat Flour, Enriched with γ-Oryzanol, Phytosterol, and Ferulic Acid, Alleviates Lipid and Glucose Metabolism in High-Fat-Fructose-Fed Rats.
Guo XX, Zeng Z, Qian YZ, Qiu J, Wang K, Wang Y, Ji BP, Zhou F.
Nutrients. 2019 Jul 23;11(7). pii: E1697. doi: 10.3390/nu11071697.

Effects of Green Wheat (Triticum turgidum) and Common Wheat (Triticum aestivum) on the Metabolic Profile of Wistar Rats.
Bueno PCDS, Barbalho SM, Guiguer ÉL, Souza MDSS, Medeiros IRA, Zattiti IV, Bueno MDS, Nutels GS, Goulart RA, Araújo AC.
J Med Food. 2019 Jul 18. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2019.0089.

Hybrid wheat: past, present and future.
Gupta PK, Balyan HS, Gahlaut V, Saripalli G, Pal B, Basnet BR, Joshi AK.
Theor Appl Genet. 2019 Jul 18. doi: 10.1007/s00122-019-03397-y.

Comparison of the Aroma Profiles of Intermediate Wheatgrass and Wheat Bread Crusts.
Paravisini L, Sneddon KA, Peterson DG.
Molecules. 2019 Jul 6;24(13). pii: E2484. doi: 10.3390/molecules24132484.

Simultaneous Biofortification of Wheat with Zinc, Iodine, Selenium, and Iron through Foliar Treatment of a Micronutrient Cocktail in Six Countries.
Zou C, Du Y, Rashid A, Ram H, Savasli E, Pieterse PJ, Ortiz-Monasterio I, Yazici A, Kaur C, Mahmood K, Singh S, Le Roux MR, Kuang W, Onder O, Kalayci M, Cakmak I.
J Agric Food Chem. 2019 Jul 24;67(29):8096-8106. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b01829.

Physicochemical properties of starch in relation to rheological properties of wheat dough (Triticum aestivum L.).
Cao X, Tong J, Ding M, Wang K, Wang L, Cheng D, Li H, Liu A, Liu J, Zhao Z, Wang Z, Gao X.
Food Chem. 2019 Nov 1;297:125000. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125000.

Safety

Wheat Allergy in Children: A Comprehensive Update.
Ricci G, Andreozzi L, Cipriani F, Giannetti A, Gallucci M, Caffarelli C.
Medicina (Kaunas). 2019 Jul 23;55(7). pii: E400. doi: 10.3390/medicina55070400. Review

Metabolism of wheat proteins by intestinal microbes: Implications for wheat related disorders.
Caminero A, Verdu EF.
Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Aug - Sep;42(7):449-457. doi: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2019.04.001.

Food Intolerances.
Tuck CJ, Biesiekierski JR, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Pohl D.
Nutrients. 2019 Jul 22;11(7). pii: E1684. doi: 10.3390/nu11071684. Review.

Wheat  (Triticum L. ) belongs to the Graminaceae family.

Wheat is a basic ingredient in the human diet and is incorporated into many food products including bread, cereals and pasta.

The main component (60-70%) of wheat is starch, a source of glucose rapidly released during digestion that contains two main glucose polymers, Amylosis and Amilopectin.

With the rise of human health problems such as obesity and diabetes, there has been a growing interest in altering the composition of starch in cereals and increasing the percentage of resistant starch.

Resistant starch is the fraction of starch that escapes digestion in the small intestine (1) and is considered a form of dietary fiber with beneficial health properties (2). Because foods high in resistant starch are digested more slowly, they have been shown to improve insulin response and increase satiety (3).

The advantages of resistant starch also extend to colon health where fermentation occurs in the large intestine (4).

Wheat is used to obtain flours that can be:

• integral type 2
• refined of type 0
• even more refined than type 00

The more refined the flours are, the more they lose their nutritional characteristics.

For example, type 0 is different from 00 because it is less refined in grinding.

Nutritional values:

Pretty caloric with about 337 kcalories per 100 grams.

Saturated fatty acids: 0.4g per 100 grams

It contains less protein than hard wheat that is used for the pasta preparation..

The most relevant studies on this ingredient have been selected with a summary of their contents:

Wheat studies

References_______________________________________________

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(2) Englyst HN, Macfarlane GT. Breakdown of resistant and readily digestible starch by human gut bacteria. J Sci Food Agric. 1986;37:699–706.

(3) Robertson MD, Currie JM, Morgan LM, Jewell DP, Frayn KN. Prior short-term consumption of resistant starch enhances postprandial insulin sensitivity in healthy subjects. Diabetologia. 2003;46:659–665.

Robertson MD, Bickerton AS, Dennis AL, Vidal H, Frayn KN. Insulin-sensitizing effects of dietary resistant starch and effects on skeletal muscle and adipose tissue metabolism. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005;82:559–567

(4) Topping DL, Clifton PM. Short-chain fatty acids and human colonic function: roles of resistant starch and nonstarch polysaccharides. Physiol Rev. 2001;81:1031–1064.