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Chinese food culture is broad and profound, each place has different cuisines and eating habits, a clear difference between the north and the south is - south rice and north noodles.
Beijing's fried sauce noodles, Gansu's Lanzhou ramen, Shaanxi's meat dumplings, Henan's braised noodles, etc., basically each northern city has its own and catchy noodles; Southerners' tables often use white rice as the staple food, paired with three dishes and a soup, which together constitute a meal.
Due to climatic and cultural differences, the unique pattern of "south meter north" was gradually formed as early as the Southern Song Dynasty. The so-called "one side of the water and soil to raise the other people", you let a southern "real * dry rice" person eat noodles every day is really unable to bear, can only occasionally eat bowl noodles as a "condiment"; Similarly, for most northerners, eating white rice is really not as fragrant as eating white steamed buns.
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But whether it's rice or noodles, rice or wheat, it's all carbohydrates in nature. In this era of advocating weight loss, carbs seem to have been "beaten into the cold palace". However, as a "carb fan", have you also wondered "which is easier to fat"?
The new research by the Xi'an Jiaotong University team really answers this question - love noodles, more fat! Compared with pasta lovers, the risk of general obesity and abdominal obesity was reduced by 25.7% and 11.4% in men who loved rice, and the incidence of abdominal obesity in women was reduced by 10.2%. Want to lose weight? Let's see if you choose the right carb first!
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14245243
The researchers collected data on 105,840 participants in a prospective cohort based on five northwestern provinces, based on demographic characteristics, lifestyle, and medical history. Obesity-related values include: body weight, body fat percentage (BFP), body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference (WC); Among them, 25% > male BFP and 35% female BFP > were defined as general obesity; WC≥90 cm in men and ≥80 cm in women are defined as abdominal obesity.
In addition, the category of preference for staple foods is based on the weekly intake frequency of rice and wheat – rice eaten every day or 4-6 times a week, but pasta
Since this data comes from the Northwest, pasta lovers are in the majority. Specifically, only 7.84% of men and 8.28% of women prefer to eat rice as a staple food; In contrast, these people tend to be younger and more educated, but less physically active and more often drinking.
Basic information about the population
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Higher wheat intake was associated with a greater risk of general obesity and central obesity in men, while a higher risk of central obesity in women. However, a similar trend was not observed in the "dry rice hobby group".
Specifically, with eating pasta every week
In women, the love of pasta was mainly associated with central obesity, and the frequency of pasta intake was 4-6 times a week or more, and the incidence of central obesity increased by 12.9%-19.9%.
The risk of systemic and central obesity differs between men and women who love pasta
Comparing the differences between rice and pasta lovers, it is found that loving pasta is easier to gain weight!
Compared with pasta lovers, men in the "dry rice people" had a 25.7% lower risk of developing systemic obesity, while the incidence of central obesity in men and women decreased by 11.4% and 10.2%, respectively.
Rice and pasta lovers have a different risk of generalized and central obesity
In addition, in the group with a normal BMI (18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2), the association between more pasta preference and a higher risk of systemic and central obesity was stronger.
The data showed that in this group of participants with normal BMI, men who ate pasta every day were at risk of systemic obesity
This data reminds us that a normal weight or BMI does not completely mean "not fat", it may also be a "normal weight little fat person", more attention to fat and its distribution. Don't show off noodles, buns, steamed buns, wraps and other pasta just because you have a normal weight, or pinch the "meat" on your body before you lower your mouth.
When BMI is normal, there is a difference in the risk of systemic and central obesity
As a "carb stomach", if you want to lose weight and really love to show off carbs, it is better to try changing your weekday pasta to rice!
Data from this study showed that replacing pasta with the same amount of rice (5 times/week) was associated with a 19.4% lower risk of systemic obesity in men; In women, similar substitution also reduced the risk of central obesity by 8.2%.
Similarly, if you don't want to be a "little fat person" with a normal BMI, you can also try swapping the pasta from your weekday to rice. Specifically, men had a 36.5% lower risk of developing systemic obesity; The risk of systemic and central obesity was reduced by 15.7% and 20.5%, respectively.
Obesity risk situation after replacing noodles with rice
The same is carbs, why can you still lose weight when eating rice? The researchers say possible causes include different nutrients, cooking methods and dietary habits of rice and wheat.
In contrast, wheat gluten protein leads to weight gain by reducing heat production and energy expenditure; The protein in rice promotes lipolysis and inhibits fat production to lower triglyceride levels and fight obesity.
In addition, dietary energy density is also an important part, after cooking, rice will absorb more water, so that rice of the same quality but has lower calories than pasta (such as steamed buns, noodles, flatbreads, etc.).
However, considering that rice and noodles are cooked in a completely different way, it can also explain something. When southerners eat rice, they often pair it with various vegetables, beans, meat and seafood; But in contrast, northerners will not just eat noodles when they are below, generally accompanied by large pieces of meat, and they also consume a lot of fat while eating noodles, which is naturally easier to grow fat.
In summary, all of the above highlights: compared to rice lovers, eating pasta more often in life will greatly increase the appearance of obesity and "swimming rings" on the stomach, and people with BMI within the normal range are no exception! (Wouldn't someone like Xiaobian who eats rice every day lose weight into lightning?) ）
However, it cannot be understood too extreme as "pasta = fat", this formula does not hold. After all, weight loss has never been controlled by a single factor, but should start from the whole and find a diet pattern that suits you, such as trying to replace polished rice noodles with mixed grains may be better!
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