Is bread really that bad
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I eat bread and rice. It's called eating in moderation. I've been doing it for over 52 years and doing pretty good.rfrenkel77 wrote: »I eat no bread, and no rice. it's called a keto diet. Doing just fine, exercising every other day.
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rfrenkel77 wrote: »I eat no bread, and no rice. it's called a keto diet. Doing just fine, exercising every other day.
Does not answer her question...
OP, bread is fine...12 -
Some are, some are not- Check out, Netflix, "Whats With Wheat" it talks about why so many people now are having issues digesting wheat/gluten. GMO'd wheat does more damage than good. Look for Dave's Killer Bread 21 grain or Non-GMO bread. Sourdough is good because the process to make it is different.53
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rfrenkel77 wrote: »I eat no bread, and no rice. it's called a keto diet. Doing just fine, exercising every other day.
On the other hand I eat bread and rice. My diet doesn't have a name or a label. Doing just fine, exercising every day. Which demonstrates how varied human diets can be.
OP - bread has been a staple food for millennia, of course it isn't bad. It's just food. You need to be critical of things you find on the interwebz, be wary of people with an agenda and use your common sense.14 -
LOL @ the Internet. The Internet is a big, fat lie. Don't even worry about it. You're cool.
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Ericnutrition wrote: »deputy_randolph wrote: »I eat bread everyday...it's delicious. You need carbs for life.
But you don't need bread as your source for carbs.
Yeah, but there's nothing wrong with getting some of your carbohydrates from bread.8 -
TorresCarmeniifym wrote: »Some are, some are not- Check out, Netflix, "Whats With Wheat" it talks about why so many people now are having issues digesting wheat/gluten. GMO'd wheat does more damage than good. Look for Dave's Killer Bread 21 grain or Non-GMO bread. Sourdough is good because the process to make it is different.
Getting nutrition advice from unreliable sources like Netflix documentaries is part of the problem here. Not the solution.28 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »Bread is good for me. Very good. I have it every day and had it twice today (a french roll and rustic flatbread) and it tasted amazing. It also fills me up. Same with rice, I have it about 4 times a week and had it today. Are you afraid bread and rice would affect your weight loss? They wouldn't if you're within calories, just like any food (more than 100 lbs lost eating these items every day). Are you worried about the carbs in them? You shouldn't be if you have no problems with blood sugar. Are you worried about gluten? You shouldn't if you don't have issues with it. Do you overeat rice and bread and it makes it harder for you to stay within calories? Then you need to look for ways to manage your calories better and judge for yourself how many calories are these items worth. What exactly are you reading that is scaring
I have no medical issues at all plus I eat within my calories never over whole thing with eating carbs will raise insulin and will be hard to loose weight is what's scaring me I do work out at least 5x week thank u you're insightful0 -
Ericnutrition wrote: »deputy_randolph wrote: »I eat bread everyday...it's delicious. You need carbs for life.
But you don't need bread as your source for carbs.
Needing or not needing bread says nothing as to wether or not bread is bad, which it is not...8 -
I don't eat bread that much any more but not because I believe it is bad for me. I just prefer to get my calories from foods I enjoy more. Got to make choices that you can stick with for life if you want to lose weight and then maintain that weight loss for life.
On another note common sense tells us which foods are empty calories which offer little in regards to nutrition. We can all name them with no problems at all. It is these foods that need to be regarded as treats. If any site throws foods into that list that leave you scratching your head (carbs, including fruit us a prime example) then take what you read with a grain of salt and look more extensively for the truth. No food should be demonised and labels as bad, unhealthy or evil and should be eliminated from ones diet, except for medical reasons. All foods, including candy, can form part of a healthy balanced diet, if eaten in moderation and in conjunction with foods that are jammed packed with nutritional goodness.3 -
Why do you think insulin temporarily rising to regulate your blood sugar is a bad thing?
(Hint - that's how your body is supposed to work.)17 -
I have bread once a week and rice almost everyday but the internet got me scared
Based on your own experience not the internet, has anything bad ever happened to you eating bread and rice? Have you felt the slightest bit unwell after consuming bread or had trouble losing weight as long as you watch your calorie intake?
If you are not allergic to the ingredients then there really is not a problem.6 -
Of course they do. All high carb foods do. Insulin is an important hormone that aids satiety, regulates energy storage, controls blood sugar, enhances dopamine release (feel good hormone), helps cells use sugar (basically "feeds" cells), enhances muscle building, and many other good things. If you have issues with that system or if you don't produce enough insulin you're in for a host of problems and out of control blood sugar. Insulin is not bad or scary. When there are certain medical issues, like insulin resistance or diabetes, carbs become a thing to watch for. If you have none of these issues you needn't worry about it. That's like being scared of peanuts when you don't have a peanut allergy.
Insulin is a "fat storage" hormone. This is true, and it's a very important function. People read "fat storage" and freak out. It can't create fat from thin air, it needs calories that exceed your daily needs to store fat. It basically "shuttles" the extra, it doesn't create it. If you are in a caloric deficit you can be 1000% sure that there won't be extra net fat storage and it will not affect your weight loss.7 -
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Sugar & bread are devil's spawn, created just to ensure that people get fat. Check it out, it's on the internet.19
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Bread is just good for the soul...
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