Anyone slim and healthy who eats bread every day?

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Conflicting opinions everywhere about this. I know lots of low-carbers who swear off it and have done for years, but many of them are still fighting the weight.
Also know a few who eat some sort of bread almost daily and are fit and slim. Seems to cut both ways?

I like panini at the weekends with mozzarella, tomato, and can't say it makes much difference, but then I don't eat it daily.

Saw a similar thread about pasta a while back so thought I'd ask about bread!
What about healthy, ow processed breads, wholemeal, too?

Bread is healthier if frozen and defrosted as it turns the starch into resistant starch.

Oh heck I din't know this!
All of my bread is frozen. So that reduces the insulin somewhat and increases fiber?
I think I had heard of this with pasta.

I think the majority of people over about 25 probably have to either watch what they eat or do enough exercise to counteract. I actually struggle to eat enough for the amount of exercise I do (not to loose weight, but for enjoyment) and often accidentally loose a couple of pounds and have to really remind myself to eat more.

I could still eat bread and not run I expect and still be a healthy weight but I would have to be a little more mindful of the calories I consumed to not gain weight, rather than having to remember to eat enough so I don’t loose. If that makes sense.

This is spot on. It’s not just CICO; our bodies react differently. If I eat bread, I crave more, I gain with even in a calorie deficit, and feel awful.

I nver crave after eating anything, and i wonder why that is? Please don't take that as boasting, it is a really odd subject that we could all do with knowing more about. Why would some people need more of a thing after eating a full meal, and why is that often carb related? (not asking you, just out loud).

I do know that if i eat a ton of veg, I am never satiated. Protein and carbs are the thing for me. If I have some bread or potatoes with a small bit of meat I am good to go.
If I eat two slices of bread I am full.

Interesting to know why that varies amongst us all so much.

Bread is not a bad food, it contains starchy carbohydrates which are one of the essential food groups. Obviously whole grain is better because of the fibre and protein content but bread is not an evil food.

A few days ago I found a thread in search where someone was saying all root veg were deadly and should not be eaten. We live in polarising times!

I just fact checked this and there seems to be some truth in it, also ( apparently) toasting said bread further increases the resistant starch in it

I will be freezing and then toasting all my bread from now on

I eat bread every day and an extra carb - pasta, rice or potatoes along side it and I am a size 8.
I don't believe carbs are the enemy and never have.
I gain weight when I overly indulge in heavy meals out, takeaways, wine, sweet treats, crisps.
A piece of toast is not going to make you gain weight if you are otherwise eating in moderation

I eat at least two slices of bread a day. Often four as usually have a sandwich for lunch.

Never been over nine stone.

But I do walk five miles a day

I often eat pasta as well. In fact if I don't have some sort of carbohydrate I get weak and wobbly and feel ill.

Not about bread, but comments here have reminded me that I always lose weight when I move more. A good deal of science now says this is impossible and that no amount of activity can outdo a bad diet.

maybe not, if the diet is excessive.

But I always lose weight when more active, in the range of half a stone. With or without intending it.

So I wonder if our internet dominant lifestyles and car use are contributing to weight gain. Easier to blame carbs...

I’m lifelong slim and I eat bread all the time. When my son was a toddler every day for lunch, two thick slices of rye bread with butter and cheese. I was the thinnest I’ve ever been. Everyone here is right, it’s about calories in calories out.

Sorry if this a sideways comment, but I don’t think it’s about the bread, I think it’s all the other stuff. If I ever went for a coffee, I’d get an Americano, but I see people drinking these 400cal nightmares all the time. I think two slices of bread & butter is nothing compared to what one could be consuming…

I don’t think it’s about the bread, I think it’s all the other stuff.

I kind of agree with this thinking of other cultures who have eat even refined carbs for centuries and are healthy. Definitely what we eat with it, and how processed it is, probably. And how much.

Lord this thread is infuriating.

I completely accept that many people eat carbs and have no issues.

But the number of people on here confidently asserting that dropping carbs is bollocks and it’s all just about the calories is both ignorant and aggravating.

I am not a faddy dieter and generally believe in the mantra of all things in moderation. But many types of carb = sugar, and we know that sugar causes inflammation in the body.

I don’t know why it’s such a stretch to consider that some people might be particularly sensitive to this inflammation, and feel better cutting out sugars and starches ie/carbs. Not because of weight loss, but to reduce this inflammation. Yes, for SOME it helps joints, reduces inflammation, reduces water retention, and improves energy.

For example, if you go on a low carb diet you’ll drop a ton of weight the first couple of weeks. It’s not fat. It’s water. Because carbs allow the body to hang onto water. That’s why some people suffer water retention and bloating if they eat carbs.

To present a balanced view, if you go very low carb it can affect your exercise tolerance. It’s well-known that lots of people following a keto diet can struggle with exercise endurance. Keto is a diet that’s used for medical conditions, in addition to those using it for weight loss, so it’s quite well-studied.

No one is suggesting that dropping carbs or bread is right for everyone. I have no doubt that there are plenty of people who eat bread and other carbs as part of a healthy and balanced diet. Of course they do.

But post after post spouting ignorant nonsense about carbs DEFINITELY not being an issue is not only uninformed but also bloody rude.

I honestly thought we’d moved beyond this type of blanket insistence.

I have eggs on sourdough pretty much every day for breakfast. I'm 5ft 2in and weight 55kg.

I eat 2 main meals a day usually because I work 10am to 3pm with only a short break so I have a later but substantial breakfast around 9am after I've done the school run and then skip a proper lunch. Breakfast is typically fried eggs with sautéed mushrooms and tomatoes or with guacamole and a tomato salsa or scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, always on wholemeal sourdough. In my short work break I usually have some fruit or yogurt (but sometimes just a bag of crisps). Other main meal is in the evening and is usually a combination of lean protein and veg with beans or lentils, I do sometimes have pasta or potatoes but I'm quite mindful of quantities of these. I also have a snack of fruit and yogurt when I get home from work but before dinner, but quite often just reach for a protein bar.

I work out at least 3 times a week, mainly strength training but occasionally a run and I always finish off a strength training session with a 10-20 min uphill brisk walk on the treadmill depending on how much time I have/whether I can be arsed.

In short, I don't think carbs are the enemy but I do the think the type and quantity of carbs matters, as does the ratio of carbs to protein/veg.

Yes, I eat bread most days. BMI around 21. I pay attention to my calories, but bread fits into that.

Whether I'm healthy, I suppose it depends what you mean by that. I have a few small health problems, but I'm not ill.

stop forcing other people to think like you. not too much to ask considering other comments?

I'm not asking other people to "think how I do".

I'm saying that it's fucking ignorant to tell me and other people who have literally experienced a radical change in our bodies that we're lying. Especially when there's actual science to back up what we've said.

I have said REPEATEDLY that many people eat carbs and are perfectly fine. I'm not the one judging anyone else. The only judgement I've seen on this thread is from people who are fine with carbs insisting that they MUST be right.

All I'm asking is for people to respect the opposite viewpoint and to understand that not everyone's body is the same.

Apparently that's a big ask. But then, that's why you put up this thread. To get validation for your unpleasant, sneery attitude and to be rude about people like me.

I had thought that maybe I'd gotten you wrong. Clearly not.

no one disrespects you though.

Makes perfect sense. I do a lot of walking, my knees couldn't take running. I am very careful what I eat to stay at my current BMI. Very little carbs, sugar and UPFs.

Me. I eat bread most days. I have noticed that a lot of bread isn't real bread now - you want to get loaves from a real bakery if you can or, better still, make it yourself. Warbutons is pretty grim and I always get bloating after that, which is why I suspect so many people feel bread contributes to weight gain...I think a lot of it is bloating from the dodgy chemicals they use to stop it going off for weeks.