Wheat bread in nutritious any way you eat it. Sandwiches, toast or just eating a plain piece of wheat bread will provide you with dietary fiber and certain minerals. Additionally, wheat toast is a good source of whole grains.

One slice of wheat bread contains 69 calories and provides 5 percent of the daily value. Ten of those calories are from fat. Each slice of wheat bread also contains 12 g of total carbohydrates. Additionally, it contains 1.5 g of fat, which is 3 percent of the daily value. The percent daily value found on nutrition labels tells you how much of a nutrient is found in one serving of food compared to how much of that nutrient is recommended in your daily diet.

Wheat bread is a good source of calcium and iron. One slice of wheat toast contains 5 percent of the daily value of calcium and 6 percent of the daily value of iron.

One slice of wheat toast contains 3.7 g of protein, 150 mg of sodium, and 1.9 g of dietary fiber.