Cutting carbs like bread and rice may seem weight-loss friendly, but studies show it disrupts hunger and meal balance.
Carbohydrate restriction and weight loss
Stopping bread, pasta or rice to avoid gaining weight may provide reassurance, but often disrupts hunger and meal balance. Common belief about carbohydrates
Removing bread, pasta or rice often becomes the first reflex when one wants to avoid gaining weight. In France, many still associate carbohydrates with excess weight, although health authorities classify them among foods to be consumed every day. Impact on meal balance
Behind this habit of eliminating carbohydrates, it is the entire meal balance that can become complicated. According to the Social Security via ameli.fr, carbohydrates and legumes provide complex carbohydrates, vegetable proteins, vitamins and fibers that contribute to the proper functioning of the body. Health recommendations
Strongly reducing these foods increases hunger and snacking. European recommendations, relayed by the EFSA and the European Food Information Council EUFIC, go in the same direction. Types of carbohydrate-rich foods
Carbohydrates are bread, pasta, rice, semolina, potatoes, but also legumes such as lentils or chickpeas. According to the Social Security, these foods are rich in complex carbohydrates that provide progressive energy to the brain and muscles, but also in vegetable proteins, B group vitamins and fibers. Consequences of elimination
It is recommended to eat them every day. When they are almost completely removed, the plate is often filled with vegetables and meat but leaves a feeling of quick hunger.
