Scientists discover why bread can cause weight gain without extra calories
6 hours ago
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- Scientists found that mice strongly preferred carbohydrate foods like bread, rice, and wheat, abandoning their regular diet.
- Even without increasing calorie intake, these mice gained weight and body fat due to reduced energy expenditure, not overeating.
- Weight gain was linked to metabolic changes including higher blood fatty acids, lower essential amino acids, and increased liver fat accumulation and related gene activity.
- Removing wheat flour from the diet quickly improved body weight and metabolic abnormalities in the mice.
- Future research aims to apply findings to humans and explore how factors like whole grains, fiber, protein-fat combinations, and food processing affect carbohydrate metabolism.
- The study, published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, suggests balancing carbohydrate-heavy diets may help regulate weight.