Thread: Is eating bread fattening?

Originally Posted by CharFitIns

A simple carb = sugar

A Complex carb = Starch

this is BASIC bioligy.
Don't patrionise me i have a exercise, nutrition and health sciences degree and i know what i am talking about.

. . but you can't spell 'biology'

Originally Posted by CharFitIns

Don't patrionise me i have a exercise, nutrition and health sciences degree and i know what i am talking about.

Wow, alright then, i'm sure you won't have any problem providing some studies to back this statement.

Originally Posted by CharFitIns

Good tip for everyone, spicey food (especially chilli) boosts the metabolic rate by 50% for up to three hours aftr eating so get those spices on the go :]

Originally Posted by Built

I know it's galling to think of, but white rice is a good carb and fruit juice is, under most circumstances, a "bad" carb.

The difference comes from fructose. Fructose interferes with the normal satiety pattern that follows carbohydrate ingestion.

White rice, because it degrades into glucose, is thus a good carb. Fruit juice, because it is composed of various sugars, many of release fructose upon digestion, is a bad carb.

I have a LOT more to say on this if you're interested, but white rice is an excellent choice of peri-workout carbohydrate. It's generally non-allergenic, it is mostly glucose polymers, palatable, easy to prepare, and effective.

Sure, i'll check out some reads ya got.

Originally Posted by CharFitIns

A simple carb = sugar

A Complex carb = Starch

this is BASIC bioligy.
Don't patrionise me i have a exercise, nutrition and health sciences degree and i know what i am talking about.

And yet you misspell 'biology' and 'patronize'. Maybe english wasn't part of the curriculum.

I will pay you in sweaty man-hugs if you can show me one iota of evidence that eating chili can increase my metabolism by 50% for 3 hours. And I give the best sweaty man-hugs around.

Originally Posted by jmorrison

And yet you misspell 'biology' and 'patronize'. Maybe english wasn't part of the curriculum.

I will pay you in sweaty man-hugs if you can show me one iota of evidence that eating chili can increase my metabolism by 50% for 3 hours. And I give the best sweaty man-hugs around.

That offer is hard to pass up!

I require vids of said sweaty man-hugs.

Push and pull, you and I appear to be coming at the rice thing from different angles.

Is brown more nutritious? Absolutely. Does this matter? That depends.

If you're a whole-food vegan and derive more than half your daily calories from rice, then yes, it's important.

If you're a non-athlete who is trying to avoid becoming obese by eating foods that are more filling, then again, brown rice might be more helpful than white. IMO you should still be looking toward meat and veg for most of your calories, but there you have it.

If you're a well-nourished bodybuilder using rice as an appropriate carbohydrate choice, either will do. You aren't getting much of your nutrition from rice anyway. You've got so much surplus, the smidgen of extra fibre and the odd micronutrient you're getting from the brown might not be worth the bother. If you're a hardgainer and have trouble getting in enough calories, stick with white rice - it's less filling. If you're dieting and trying to feel fuller, use the brown.

The satiety one feels after a meal is referred to as postprandial satiety. In normally insulin-sensitive people (ie young males who have never been fat), postprandial satiety is high after a carbohydrate meal - the insulin response triggers this satiety response, leptin comes up, ghrelin goes down, and you feel fed.

Here's the kicker: we used to look at high-GI foods as the bad guys. This meant that frustose was considered a healthy choice, since it barely registers an insulin response. Sounds good, right? Except that in healthy normals, that very same insulin response stimulates satiety. Eat something with fructose in it, and that ordinary insulin response is blunted, and the satiety response is impaired. This means that a diet high in fructose can make even a healthy-normal overeat, since the normal satiety response that says "okay, dude, you can stop eating now" doesn't kick in with the insulin response.

Thus a "good" carb is a carb that has little or no fructose in it.

Rice - brown OR white - has little or no fructose.

Table sugar, fruit, fruit juice, and soda pop contains fructose. Thus fruit juice is a "bad" carb, just like any of the other fructose-containing choices.

One of my favourite post workout carbs is kheer, an Indian style rice pudding, that I make with white rice, skim milk and dextrose.

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Works a charm - good carbohydrate, virtually no fructose, very low fat, perfect.

Originally Posted by Built

I require vids of said sweaty man-hugs.

You will have to settle for a pic. I am the obviously straight one who is not being at all awkward.

Calorie in VS Calorie out.

Breads in general are healthy to eat especially if you don't put some jam or spreads on it. Whole wheat bread is very good for the body because it contains lots of fiber which is necessary for good digestion and detoxification.