Wholegrain Is Better For Weight Loss Here’s Why…
People have been eating bread for ages, but it wasn’t always white. White bread is made from bleached white flour and is not the best choice for those who want to keep weight off. Instead, acquire a taste for whole grains and improve your health while maintaining your weight loss.
What is the deal with white bread? White bread is made from bleached flour. The flour didn’t start off white, but a bleaching process was added to increase the longevity of the product. Who knew?
Anyway, the bleaching process removes a lot of the vitamins and nutrients found in flour. It also removes the germ of the wheat and the bran. What is left contains lots of starch. It is this starch that rapidly converts to sugars in the body and gets stored as fat if not used.
If you know anything about the glycemic index of foods, carbohydrates with a high GI value are known to spike the blood sugar. This leads to problems with insulin secretion and an increased craving for more sugar which begins the vicious cycle all over again.
Whole grain bread is a purer form of wheat. The bread contains the bran, germ and endosperm of the wheat which also contains all the nutrients and fiber. If you’ve ever eaten 7-grain or 10-grain breads you’ll notice there are even things that look like seeds in the loaf. The fiber helps to keep the digestive system clear and also removes some fat from your system.
Not only is white bread not the healthiest bread, but everything made from bleached white flour will cause major changes in your blood sugar over the course of the day. That includes: white flour tortillas, pancake mixes, biscuit mixes and any processed or frozen foods made with white flour. If you look on the packages, one of the ingredients is bleached flour or enriched white flour. When you see these you’ll know it’s not a good buy if you’re trying to lose weight, maintain your weight or just watching your fat and calorie intake.
You can buy wheat flour in the grocery store. Mix your own pancake batter and even pizza dough for an alternative to the white flour products so readily available on the store shelves.
They now make whole wheat pastas too. The taste takes a bit of getting used to but your pasta will retain more of the essential nutrients your body needs to stay healthy and strong. For a steadier blood sugar during the day and to stave off hunger, integrate more whole wheat and grains into your meals.
Losing weight takes work but so does maintaining a successful weight loss. It is not as hard as losing the weight if you know where the fat and calories will try to re-enter your life. One way to stop these things from ruining all your hard work before you know it is to go whole grain!
whole grain is supposed to be good for you, but ANYTHING can make you gain weight if you eat TOO MUCH of it, whether its healthy or not. everything has calories, and if you eat too much of anything, the calories add up until you consumed more than you need, and when you consume more than you need, you will gain weight. calories are calories, and if you consume more than you need, you gain weight, whether those extra calories came from an apple or a cookie. even going over your calorie intake with fruit may make you gain weight, so you need a moderate amount of everything, you just need to make sure you’re eating PLENTY of healthy things, not TOO MUCH. and whole grain is supposed to be healthy for you! its got fiber which FIGHTS body fat i think, and i dont know where you heard it increases body fat, its more likely to maybe fight it and lower cholesteral with its fiber
YES N NO
Whole grains – Complex Carbohydrates
Are mostly higher in calories, but because there complex and not processed you body actually requires more energy to digest them.
So as long as you don’t go crazy and eat tuns of whole grains and you just start substituting your normal grain meals with whole grain ones you should be fine. But if your currently gaining weight then you will most likely continue gaining but if your losing or at a stand still you should be fine.
As another poster stated, if you eat too much of anything you’re going to gain weight. However, whole grain is actually good for you since it contains complex carbohydrates which in turn contains plenty of fiber which is the reason why anyone who knows anything about good dieting will recommend you eat foods that contain complex carbohydrates like wheat bread instead of foods containing simple carbohydrates such as white bread that will cause you to gain weight for two reasons; the calories of course and, because simple carbohydrates don’t break down as easily and, usually turn straight into fat unlike complex carbohydrates.
Losing weight and, getting fit requires that you not only watch your calorie intake but; you also need to watch your carbs, fats and, even the amount of sodium you take in.
The reason why a lot of people who exercise but have trouble losing the fat is because while they maybe watching their calorie intake but, most likely ignoring all the other nutrients in the foods they eat.
Sep 5th 2010 • 22:09
by Bazza23
Wholegrain Is Better For Weight Loss Here’s Why…
People have been eating bread for ages, but it wasn’t always white. White bread is made from bleached white flour and is not the best choice for those who want to keep weight off. Instead, acquire a taste for whole grains and improve your health while maintaining your weight loss.
What is the deal with white bread? White bread is made from bleached flour. The flour didn’t start off white, but a bleaching process was added to increase the longevity of the product. Who knew?
Anyway, the bleaching process removes a lot of the vitamins and nutrients found in flour. It also removes the germ of the wheat and the bran. What is left contains lots of starch. It is this starch that rapidly converts to sugars in the body and gets stored as fat if not used.
If you know anything about the glycemic index of foods, carbohydrates with a high GI value are known to spike the blood sugar. This leads to problems with insulin secretion and an increased craving for more sugar which begins the vicious cycle all over again.
Whole grain bread is a purer form of wheat. The bread contains the bran, germ and endosperm of the wheat which also contains all the nutrients and fiber. If you’ve ever eaten 7-grain or 10-grain breads you’ll notice there are even things that look like seeds in the loaf. The fiber helps to keep the digestive system clear and also removes some fat from your system.
Not only is white bread not the healthiest bread, but everything made from bleached white flour will cause major changes in your blood sugar over the course of the day. That includes: white flour tortillas, pancake mixes, biscuit mixes and any processed or frozen foods made with white flour. If you look on the packages, one of the ingredients is bleached flour or enriched white flour. When you see these you’ll know it’s not a good buy if you’re trying to lose weight, maintain your weight or just watching your fat and calorie intake.
You can buy wheat flour in the grocery store. Mix your own pancake batter and even pizza dough for an alternative to the white flour products so readily available on the store shelves.
They now make whole wheat pastas too. The taste takes a bit of getting used to but your pasta will retain more of the essential nutrients your body needs to stay healthy and strong. For a steadier blood sugar during the day and to stave off hunger, integrate more whole wheat and grains into your meals.
Losing weight takes work but so does maintaining a successful weight loss. It is not as hard as losing the weight if you know where the fat and calories will try to re-enter your life. One way to stop these things from ruining all your hard work before you know it is to go whole grain!
Sep 5th 2010 • 22:09
by i hate my parents!!!!
i heard that it can actually increase body fat is that true?
Sep 5th 2010 • 22:09
by Cuttie
no b/c all i eat is whole grain and whole wheat and i’m always loosing weight
Sep 5th 2010 • 23:09
by Michelle
whole grain is supposed to be good for you, but ANYTHING can make you gain weight if you eat TOO MUCH of it, whether its healthy or not. everything has calories, and if you eat too much of anything, the calories add up until you consumed more than you need, and when you consume more than you need, you will gain weight. calories are calories, and if you consume more than you need, you gain weight, whether those extra calories came from an apple or a cookie. even going over your calorie intake with fruit may make you gain weight, so you need a moderate amount of everything, you just need to make sure you’re eating PLENTY of healthy things, not TOO MUCH. and whole grain is supposed to be healthy for you! its got fiber which FIGHTS body fat i think, and i dont know where you heard it increases body fat, its more likely to maybe fight it and lower cholesteral with its fiber
Sep 6th 2010 • 00:09
by Jacob G
YES N NO
Whole grains – Complex Carbohydrates
Are mostly higher in calories, but because there complex and not processed you body actually requires more energy to digest them.
So as long as you don’t go crazy and eat tuns of whole grains and you just start substituting your normal grain meals with whole grain ones you should be fine. But if your currently gaining weight then you will most likely continue gaining but if your losing or at a stand still you should be fine.
Sep 6th 2010 • 01:09
by ARTY
As another poster stated, if you eat too much of anything you’re going to gain weight. However, whole grain is actually good for you since it contains complex carbohydrates which in turn contains plenty of fiber which is the reason why anyone who knows anything about good dieting will recommend you eat foods that contain complex carbohydrates like wheat bread instead of foods containing simple carbohydrates such as white bread that will cause you to gain weight for two reasons; the calories of course and, because simple carbohydrates don’t break down as easily and, usually turn straight into fat unlike complex carbohydrates.
Losing weight and, getting fit requires that you not only watch your calorie intake but; you also need to watch your carbs, fats and, even the amount of sodium you take in.
The reason why a lot of people who exercise but have trouble losing the fat is because while they maybe watching their calorie intake but, most likely ignoring all the other nutrients in the foods they eat.