Musashi - The question should be, "Why bread at all?"
Not, "Why no bread at all?"
What if someone enjoys eating bread? What is the reason for them to completely enjoy a food that they enjoy? If their diet is balanced, eating some bread shouldn't throw their nutrition out of whack.
Well, that's just it. You don't eat bread cause you need to, like fruits and veg and proteins and fats. You eat it cause you like it.
The main problem for me is... ...I really like bread.
But I guess I could cut it at all. Or at least to minimum. I see that bread has no benefits for your body, and if you take a look at the carbs of one slice of bread, it's like a whole plate of chicken and vegetables. One slice!
I will try to cut it now and see where it takes me...I already dropped many pounds but my belly was still bloated very often.
Imo the easiest way to stay resonably low on carbs without going balls out extreme is to just minimize the "obvious" ones on a plate (tiny bit of rice, very little pasta, one potato) and maximize greens instead (broccoli is a staple these days. I don't do salad.)
Outside the plate - between meals - I stay away from carbs all together. Bread is usually both a lot of carbs and a vessel for fat. (One of many uses of bread is to carry butter and cheese.)
The thing with bread is that it is often eaten alone, without a lot of protein at the same time. A steak and potato will get you less fat compared to eating the same amount of calories in bread, due to what it does with your insulin levels etc. (GI-index etc is a function of the totality of the meal.)
So, bread is pretty much like eating candy with the added benefit of vitamins, fibre and other nutrients. (Thus bread is better for you, but in some ways it works the same bodyfat wise, especially white bread.)
And for weightloss sandwiches are the devil because they are easily accessible, takes a second to make, and like with all carb foods takes too long to make you full. If you are hungry to the degree that 500 cals could be enough to make you satisfied, you could very well be eating sandwiches for 20 minutes beyond that point before you experience satiety, likely doubling your energy intake compared to if you had been eating proteins and carbs high in fiber.
Therefore, staying away from bread can be a very easy rule of thumb to follow, and many people have great success by simply doing just that. (That would of course depend on your present habits. Other people would be better off excluding soda, if one is to do only one thing.)
They are timed right and I only eat specific items. In the gym i focus on keeping my heart rate up in my weight workouts.
I still have a ways to go, as anyone does but I have a six pack and veins in my stomach. Tighten your diet and spend an hour of absolutely intense exercise in the gym 4-5 days a week. Drink lots of water and sleep. The results will be dramatic.
Ive found the anti-bread trend of the last few years pretty intriguing t.b.h
I fucking love pasta and I fucking love bread although admitingly I ensure I stick to multigrain or sourdoughs and have absolutely no intention to remove it from my diet.
I train a regular 6 days out of 7, cycle to and from work and ensure my diet consists of a wide variety of foods and steer well clear of shit like soft drinks, snacks, lollies, fried rubbish etc etc etc
I would rate my fitness and health as very good and all my tests such as cholesterol, blood pressure, skin folds reflect that.
Therefore if someone was to say to me that my fitness and health would be even better or significantly better than it is now if I dropped the likes of bread and pasta......
Id say thanks but no thanks. I'm happy to have both in my diet.
LitUp - Bread often is loaded with salt and the gluten can react negatively with people.
I love bread but eat mainly gluten free just because bread makes me bloated. I don't know if it's inherently bad for everyone, just that my stomach is flatter when I don't eat it. The large amount of sodium also makes me retain water and again, makes me more bloated.
Oats, black rice and quinoa are my carb stables and it has worked well for me overall. Not saying it will for everyone, but when I cut bread and dairy from my diet I had fantastic results (with the right routine and proper diet of course).
CDarwin: "And for weightloss sandwiches are the devil "
Crazy talk.
I lost 50 lbs and sandwiches played a key role in that weight loss. Instead of eating out too much, I made a big variety of sandwiches - tuna, bacon, turkey, ham, clubs, veal, you name it. Making my own sandwiches allowed me to create meals that were always filling, satisfying, generally healthy, and lower in calories vs going out for lunches and dinners, etc.
3 1/2 years after the weight loss, I've kept it off and sandwiches still play a big roll.
Spinelock - Bread has sustained civilizations. It's nearly impossible to get factual information about diet because of so many fucks trying to cash in.
Sickening these mike dolce, putting butter in coffee ( excuse me "grass-fed" butter"), bro science suckers. Pretty soon they gonna be eating insects because some insect eater makes an appearance on JRE. Plenty of anthropological evidence that plenty of Paleolithic societies ate grains but these knuckleheads aren't having it.
CDarwin: "And for weightloss sandwiches are the devil "
Crazy talk.
I lost 50 lbs and sandwiches played a key role in that weight loss. Instead of eating out too much, I made a big variety of sandwiches - tuna, bacon, turkey, ham, clubs, veal, you name it. Making my own sandwiches allowed me to create meals that were always filling, satisfying, generally healthy, and lower in calories vs going out for lunches and dinners, etc.
3 1/2 years after the weight loss, I've kept it off and sandwiches still play a big roll.
Good for you. Many others struggle with it. Eating right all day sandwiches and cereal as unintentional carb boost in the evening.