Liquid carbs vs Solid carbs

[arom27]

Why is it that 250ml of apple juice, about 25g of carbs does not fill you up as much as say a slice of bread which also has 25g of carbs.
If you were to drink ALL your carbs what would happen...

[determined4000]

Why would 200 calories from broccoli fill you up more than 200 calories from granola?
25g of protein of chicken vs. whey?

Calorie density

[Emma-Leigh]

Why is it that 250ml of apple juice, about 25g of carbs does not fill you up as much as say a slice of bread which also has 25g of carbs.
If you were to drink ALL your carbs what would happen...

1. It has to do with the stretch receptors in your gut, as well as the signalling from your gastrointestinal hormones. Sometimes liquids are more satisfying - it just depends.
2. You would be hungry.

[determined4000]

If you were to drink ALL your carbs what would happen...

You would be hungrier and miss out on a lot of good tasting food and nutrients

[LatinoMusculito]

wow.. those pics are f'ked up.

anyway, solid vs. liquid carbs have a different chemical structure, which can obviously be seen, tasted, and felt with the naked eye.

You want to eat complex carbs (what you may be thinking as solids), which digest much more slowly than simple carbs (liquid sugars), so that your energy absorption is respective to your energy exertion.

[man0war]

Calorie density

Not entirely

There's also the less scientific but obvious explanation of feeling like you've eaten, where liquids obvioiusely score less. And I'm not talkin only fibre, which expands and helps you feel even fuller, just food generally speaking.

Chicken breast is seriously low on fat, and if you want an even better example, tuna canned in water - tho I really got sick of how boring it is after a while. Eating tuna worth 50 grams of protein [so about 200 grams] will definitely make you feel fuller than 50 grams of protein from a big whey shake and they indeed will have 200 calories each.

This was a reply to the calorie density thing specifically.

[Dr. Horse]

The real answer is that apple juice leaves your stomach VERY quickly. Bread hangs out for a bit.

[determined4000]

The real answer is that apple juice leaves your stomach VERY quickly. Bread hangs out for a bit.

yes to a point but 25 g of protein from a casein shake wont keep you feeling full compared to 50 g protein of a faster digesting meat

[Dr. Horse]

yes to a point but 25 g of protein from a casein shake wont keep you feeling full compared to 50 g protein of a faster digesting meat

wut

[arom27]

Im not talking only in the sense of feeling full or w/e im saying how does it relate to building muscle... if all your carbs were liquid would you be able to bulk at all or no ( assuming no but why)

[Emma-Leigh]

Im not talking only in the sense of feeling full or w/e im saying how does it relate to building muscle... if all your carbs were liquid would you be able to bulk at all or no ( assuming no but why)

why would you not be able to bulk?
You would still get calories... feeling 'full' has nothing to do with the effectiveness of the food.

[determined4000]

wut

i meant 50g of each sorry

[man0war]

Im not talking only in the sense of feeling full or w/e im saying how does it relate to building muscle... if all your carbs were liquid would you be able to bulk at all or no ( assuming no but why)

A very good guess is that yes you probably would be able to bulk up, irrespective of other minus parts.

[Nick1971]

why would you not be able to bulk?
You would still get calories... feeling 'full' has nothing to do with the effectiveness of the food.

Well the calorie density of what is consumed could be the issue. If you eat a lot of calorie-light things and filled your stomach that way, you can feel full. But throw down a little bit of calorie-heavy things in there, and even though you have consumed the same amount of calories, you will probably feel less satiated.

That said, I am sure that's only one part of the picture. But something to think about.