When I bulk I would eat 4 ounces of chicken with 1/2 cup of rice each meal. One day I didn’t have rice, so I just used a slice of bread for each meal. It had the same cals as the rice, and was so much easier to eat. Would eating bread as a substitute to rice be healthy or viable? Side question would be why is rice so popular in diets. Thanks.
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07-19-2021, 06:46 PM #1
Is bread a viable replacement for rice?
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07-19-2021, 06:48 PM #2
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07-19-2021, 07:30 PM #4
I really don't overthink it. Bread is carbs, rice is carbs - bread is much better in my opinion. Having to pish about making rice when I got home always made it a chore. Now I just slap a wholemeal pitta on the plate, around 147 calories and very filling. Eat whatever makes you happiest.
Rice is so popular because it's basic. Chicken, broccoli, rice. It's 'the' diet. You can't go wrong with it. It's got the protein, the carbs and micronutrients from the veg. And it's cheap as chips and easy to make. As long as you're getting the equivalent in macros(protein/carbs) it doesn't matter if you eat chicken/steak, rice/bread etc.5'9 180lbs/82k
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07-19-2021, 07:52 PM #5
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07-19-2021, 07:58 PM #6
To me, yes, but I like to combine rice with egg whites or Greek yogurt and find that allows me a much larger portion when I'm hungry than bread. Maybe I ought to test it, though.
When I have bread, it's usually a couple of pieces of toast with breakfast, and sourdough is my favorite, so possibly not the best example.Bench: 350
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Yes, you can swap rice for bread.
If you're in a calorie deficit, you'll probably want to choose the one that's more satiating for you.
If you're in a surplus, you might want the one that doesn't make you feel quite as full, so you can hit your calorie goal. If you don't struggle to hit your calorie goal and your appetite is there, choose whichever one you want.WBFF Pro Muscle Model | Questions? Send me a private message.
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i actually keep the Trader Joes ones in my freezer. sometimes i get home late from work and just want to eat NAO! both the brown and the jasmine are good with stir fry etc. literally throw the bag in microwave and push the number 3 on the keypad and i get perfect rice in 3 minutes. they are much more expensive though, so i use my rice cooker when I can wait a while until dinner.
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I did the oyster thing because I know they are high in zinc, plus I've never read a study about eating oysters every day for 30 days. So I was curious.
Raw eggs, I was skeptical about it from the onset. But thought I'd give it a try. I'm still skeptical after 3 weeks.
Liver. From Google "Liver is one of the most nutritionally dense foods on the planet. It contains significant amounts of folate, iron, vitamin B, vitamin A, and copper. Eating a single serving of liver can help you meet your daily recommended amount of all of these vitamins and minerals, reducing your risk of nutrient deficiency"
Like oysters, I'm curious what would happen if I consume a serving every day for 30 days.
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07-21-2021, 09:21 AM #22
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I'm just noticing an eagerness to jump on basically any fringe dietary suggestion if it involves some kind of animal bodypart... but never does it involve something like a new flavor of cereal, or a pizza recipe, or a sauce...
It's always some random new forum poster who comes in talking about how they have some obscure organ or gland from an animal they chose to consume that gets his interest... it's odd to me...
It never even sounds appetizing at all."When I die, I hope it's early in the morning so I don't have to go to work that day for no reason"
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07-21-2021, 09:24 AM #23
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Yeah, but to that end, you can get all the nutrients you'd get from liver from other places that offer better taste... why opt for something that is literally the filtering organ of another animal which can actually contain near toxic amounts of certain things?
Copper toxicity is an actual concern with regular liver consumption... heavy metals are accumulated in the liver and you don't always know exactly how much you're getting.
The same thing goes for a lot of these obscure animal products that people say are 'powerhouses' for whatever reason and then eat them every day... I don't understand that logic at all.
Even fish is cautionary with daily consumption due to mercury, so why TRY to overload on things like copper from liver or zinc from oysters like that?
Humans don't require or even benefit from overloading on certain nutrients and it can often lead to negative health effects.
I mean what if I said brazil nuts are a powerhouse of selenium so I eat 20 a day? That's actually dangerous as hell, even though selenium is a vital nutrient...."When I die, I hope it's early in the morning so I don't have to go to work that day for no reason"
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I've actually never had it, but simply knowing it's a liver is enough for me to say no-thanks.
Given what the organ does, i imagine it has a very metallic taste... hence why it's often made with things like onions to mask it.
Frankly, although it's high in copper, iron, and b12... there's plenty of other foods way way higher in other vitamins and minerals that actually taste delicious.
The fixation on consuming foods that are HIGHLY concentrated isn't always the best idea.
A bit of a tangent, but I've also noticed a repeated argument that vitamin pre-cursors like beta-carotene aren't 'as good' as retinol/animal based ones.
Well... here's the thing: we evolved to convert those precursors for a reason... if we weren't able to safely regulate the conversion, then that mechanism wouldn't exist.
Same goes for heme iron... sure it's more 'bioavailable', but that isn't always a good thing either."When I die, I hope it's early in the morning so I don't have to go to work that day for no reason"
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