Getting a minimal workout, cheap aromatherapy, going gluten-free and losing the enhancers in homemade bread should be good enough reasons to leave store bought bread behind.
Minimal Workout
Figuring a minimal workout for a 47-year-old woman who weighs 174 pounds, stirring and kneading bread dough for 10-minutes would burn 69 calories. Making your own bread will give you and upper body workout just from the kneading, stirring and shaping of the bread, provided you don’t use a bread machine.
Adding in five minutes of walking around the kitchen getting your supplies together for the bread, punching down the dough, getting the loaf pans ready, preheating the oven, and baking, a person would burn another 26 calories and add the walking to a minimal workout.
Washing the dirty dishes and cabinets after your bread making excursion will burn another 30 calories. All three of these things will also help increase your blood circulation if you spend hours of sitting in front of your computer. This also gives your eyes and body a break from sitting in front of the computer.
Aromatherapy
If you have never smelled a baking loaf of bread, you are missing out on a great way to improve your mood. The improving of your mood with a pleasant smell, such as bread baking, can be a great on a dreary day.
Even if you are more into the quick breads, making a loaf of your favorite kind can improve on your mood and give you a bit of a workout in the process.
Gluten-Free Breads
For those who suffer from celiac disease or from gluten allergies, making your own gluten-free breads is a way to enjoy a food that you may be missing. By going this route even if you are wanting a change in your diet, you can still use the first two suggestions as a way to get a little more active and enhance your mood.
Homemade Tastes Better
Some will argue the point that homemade bread won’t taste the same as store bought bread. The reason for that is commercial bakeries use a variety of ingredients home bakers don’t use because of the equipment they use for the breads to turn out the way they do.
For those who prefer homemade bread over store bought will tell you the bread won’t last long enough to mold or become stale. Hence the enhancers commercial bread makers need to use in their products and the difference in tastes.
Source
Calorie Burn Calculator; HealthStatus.com