“Obviously, bread is not the best food when it comes to cellulite, as explained below, but my advice to diminish the effect of bread on cellulite is to always combine less bread with a lot more vegetables, salads and high protein foods, such as lean meat, chicken, fish etc. In this way you reduce its glycaemic index, calorie load and glycation.”
Is bread that bad for cellulite? And how can I make it better?
Does bread cause cellulite?
Bread, calories and cellulite
Bread, glycaemic load and cellulite
Bread, gluten intolerance and cellulite
Bread, glycation and cellulite
How can I make bread better for cellulite?
How to make bread worse for cellulite
Bread and cellulite: the verdict
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How does bread affect cellulite and how to reduce its effect | In summary
Bread can contribute to the development of cellulite in several ways, primarily due to its high starch content, which increases calorie intake and promotes fat accumulation.
Both white and brown bread have a high glycaemic index (GI), leading to rapid spikes in blood sugar, and when consumed in large amounts, their glycaemic load (GL) also rises, further increasing fat storage and cellulite. Gluten intolerance may exacerbate the issue through inflammation and water retention, while excessive carbohydrate intake leads to glycation, damaging collagen and worsening cellulite.
However, combining bread with vegetables and protein, such as in a tuna salad sandwich, can significantly lower its GI, GL, and overall calorie impact, making it a better option. In contrast, pairing bread with high-sugar or fatty toppings like jam, fried butter, cheese, or chocolate spreads can make it far more detrimental to health and cellulite.
Choosing higher-quality breads like sourdough and consuming them in moderation with balanced meals is key to reducing cellulite risk.
Does bread cause cellulite?
Most people quite rightly understand that too much bread will tend to increase cellulite. But why is that?
There are five ways in which eating bread can increase cellulite and as bread is a more-ish food, bread consumption can easily lead to cellulite development after a few months/years.
Bread, calories and cellulite
Bread consists mainly of starch, which contains 4 calories per gram (kcal/g). Too many calories mean more fat accumulation and cellulite.
Bread, glycaemic index and cellulite
Glycaemic index describes the speed with which your blood glucose rises after eating a certain food. Both white bread brown bread have a high glycaemic index, around GI 70.
Blood sugar spikes mean more fat accumulation and cellulite.
Bread, glycaemic load and cellulite
Glycemic load describes the total amount of glucose entering your bloodstream after eating a certain food. The more bread you eat at a single sitting, the higher the GL.
More blood sugar mean more fat accumulation and cellulite.
Bread, gluten intolerance and cellulite
Gluten intolerance can cause low grade, chronic inflammation and consequent water retention, both of which are important factors of cellulite.
Bread, glycation and cellulite
Too much carbohydrate consumption results in high blood sugar levels, which in turn increase collagen glycation (the damage of collagen and other proteins by sugars).
Glycation is an important cause of cellulite
How can I make bread better for cellulite?
There is a trick to make bread better (but not totally innocuous).
We can effectively halve bread’s glycaemic index - and consume less of it - by combining it with lots of vegetable and protein.
How do we do that?
Eating bread with, for example, lots of lettuce/tomato/other salad and tuna/chicken/other high protein food, will effectively halve bread’s GI
If the lettuce, tomato and tuna sandwich leads to you eating half the bread, that will effectively lower the GL too
Given that protein calories do not easily get turned into fat, this combination will also lower the total calories that can be turned into fat
So the solution to making bread better, for both overweight and cellulite prevention, is to combine it with lots of veg and protein and effectively reduce its GI, GL and calories that can be easily turned into fat.
So you don’t need to give up bread, if you really like it: just eat less of it and combine it with lots of veg and protein.
How to make bread worse for cellulite
Oh, God, let me count the ways…
Firstly you can add bread and jam/honey to make it a GI/GL/calorie/glycation bomb
You can add butter to jam/honey and make it calorie hell
You can also fry it and turn it into a calorie/glycation/heart attack bomb (GI decreases with the addition of fat but that is not that helpful, as calories increase. Plus, glycation increases with frying.)
You can also add lots of cheese to it and also make it a GL/calorie/glycation/heart attack bomb
You can add a chocolate/hazelnut spread to it and also make it GI/GL/calorie/glycation bomb
I’m sure there are more ways to make bread worse for health, fat accumulation and cellulite 0 but let’s stop here.
Bread and cellulite: the verdict
Bread is not the healthiest of foods but you can make it better by consuming high quality bread (e.g. sourdough instead of the industrialised foam that they sell in the supermarkets), eat little of it and combine it with lots of salads, vegetables and protein.
Of course, if bread gives you intolerance, you can always substitute with other carbs, such as brown/red/black/wild rice, red/black quinoa, potatoes, corn etc.
Or skip carbs altogether and follow a ketogenic diet. Not many people can be so disciplined to follow a keto diet though.
And if you have any health conditions, you may need to consult a healthcare professional first.
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