Maida Vs Wheat

Maida is made from wheat. When you grind wheat grains in a mill you obtain wheat flour and when the wheat flour is pressed through a very fine sieve you obtain Maida. Maida is refined wheat flour. Wheat flour has the goodness of bran and fiber and therefore healthy. Maida is very refined wheat flour with all the bran removed and is pure carb.

Whole grains are better sources of disease-fighting phytochemicals and antioxidants than fruits and vegetables. In addition, they have certain valuable antioxidants not found in fruits and vegetables as also B vitamins, vitamin E, magnesium, iron and fiber.

Whole grains are believed to be nutritionally superior to refined grains, richer in dietary fiber, antioxidants, protein, dietary minerals and vitamins. The greater amount of dietary fibre (almost four times that found in refined grains) in whole grains in highly beneficial. Some of these protective effects occur because complex carbohydrates from whole grains are digested and enter the bloodstream more slowly.

The huge loss of vitamins and mineral in refined wheat flour has led to widespread prevalence of constipation and other related digestive disturbance and nutritional disorders, particularly diabetes. The consumption of white flour is thus an important contributory cause of diabetes, and its aggravation, if the disease has already developed.