A specific Indian food is incomplete without a handful of rice on a pair of food rotis and on the plate. Both of these are used to prepare various dishes, which make our regular day to day diets. Now, those on weight loss journey would have been asked by many people to leave or cut carbs (read: rice and bread). Till now, being a staple product in our regular diet, it is difficult to eliminate both of them. But, if you decide to leave one and keep filling your hunger with the other, then which one should you choose? We often hear that rice can wreak havoc on our weight loss plan and we should avoid all costs, not only to lose weight but also to stay healthy. But is this really true? Let’s know.
Bread is made of whole wheat flour and rice is a sophisticated form of raw rice, which is mixed and mixed. There has been a lot of debate on our health goals or for a long time on rice and bread. Many times, rice is removed to not apply any health benefits that also add excess fat to the body. And then, there are some health experts who claim that rice is a lighter diet than bread and thus a better option.
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Rice is a sophisticated form of raw rice
However, the truth is that when it comes to body fat content, both rice and roti have almost equal effects.
- Rice and bread have similar carbohydrates and calorie values.
- The glycemic index is similar in rice and roti, which means that they regulate the blood pressure of the body in the same manner.
- Both rice and roti contain equal amounts of iron.
Despite their many similarities, rice and bread have different nutrients.
- Bread has a high level of diet fiber than rice, so it is full of stomach for a long time.
- Rice has more starch, so digest is easy.
- Rice provides a high degree of folate, water soluble B-vitamins than the whole wheat bread.
- Bread is rich in most minerals such as potassium, magnesium, sodium, protein and calcium.
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Bread is rich in most minerals like potassium, magnesium and sodium
The weight of all the professionals and opposition of both objects, bread emerges as a clear winner if a comparison is to make a comparison. However, various benefits of rice can still not be sacrificed. The key to a healthy diet is everything. There is no need to leave one thing for another. A limited part of both rice and bread, a regular workout regime and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, can do better than following a diet completely devoid of a diet.
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