Instant Noodles or Rice, Which is More Quickly Make Fat?

When the evening feels hungry, eating instant noodles can be felt so a solution avoiding rice considered fattening. But thinking it's not necessarily true. We find out which type of foods that are more friendly to maintain weight.

Let's compare the calories found in instant noodles and rice with the same weight. Instant noodle dishes as much as 70 grams or one packaging, accounting contains 370 calories. Meanwhile, white rice with the same weight only contains 91 calories.

It turns out the calorie content of instant noodles more than triples the rice. This makes the possibility of instant noodles cause body fat more quickly if compared to the rice.

And then, what if compared with white bread that is often an alternative? Each strand of white bread by 25 grams contains 67 calories ... 4 strands of fresh bread means (100 grams) of the total 268 calories. The calorie value is far below the one packaged instant noodles. However, fresh bread still belongs to high compared to white rice which only contains about 130 calories every 100 grams.

That also needs to be noted, generally, instant noodle presentation coupled with eggs and other ingredients, such as sausages, corned beef, or cheese which certainly add calories. Then, there are other typical habits of people in Indonesia, which mixes instant noodles with rice, so the calories consumed being doubled.

But in a day that consisted of three times meals and snacks in between, the calorie needs of adult women only about 1,800-2,000 and a grown man about 2,200-2,400.

Avoid Overeating

In addition to the content of carbohydrates and fats, instant noodles are usually served with instant stock generally contain high salt or sodium. One of the best known instant noodles in Indonesia recorded community contains sodium 1,080 mg or about 45% of the overall needs of the day, in every pack weighing 91 grams.

Whereas the excess sodium intake, including as the intake of instant noodles, has a risk of harm to the body. One can incriminate the working kidneys. In addition, the sodium that accumulates in the body it is estimated also can trigger high blood pressure, stroke, and heart failure.

However, excessive white rice doesn't mean risk-free of the disease. Researchers compared the Asian community who are eating rice every day, with the Western countries who are just eating rice less than 5 times per week. As a result, the risk of diabetes is higher in those who consume more rice. For those at high risk, you should pay attention to food abstinence for diabetes, including the consumption of white rice. Experts suggest a substitute for white rice, i.e. food products from whole-grains.

Now the term dinner plate Guide to meet the balanced nutrition, which is easily put into practice every day. Rice or other types of carbohydrates are only allowed to meet ¼ ¼ dinner plates, again filled with protein. The rest, ½ of the plate again filled with vegetables and fruit.

After reading the calorie content of each choice, now already know right what to choose when hungry?