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chewy wrote:i have followed the MWL which liberally includes rice cakes daily(and i eat them liberally daily!) and have never had a problem with them causing weight gain.Ii eat them with smashed chickpeas on top,slives of tomato and cucumber -yum! am strict with the MWL-eat only 2 fruits ,tons of raw and steamed vegetables,Salads, and then starch favourites.i eat plain air popped popcorn too.
. Now, popcorn is calorie dense and while it does have much more volume than many other foods with the same calorie density due to the air, it is still much easier to overeat on than foods with a lower calorie density. The reason is, most foods that are low in calorie density are high in water, which not only provides volume but also weight. The air may provide volume but it does not provide the weight which is as an important factor in satiety.
In addition, most of the volume created by the air never makes it to your stomach as we chew it out in our mouths. To get a real idea of what ends up in your stomach, look at the amount of kernels before you pop it and that is a much more realistic picture of the volume of food that will make it to your stomach.
So, while a puffed grain, like air-popped corn or rice cakes, or puffed rice cereal may seem like a better choice than a bread, cracker, dry cereal or bagel, made of the same grain, because of the volume created by the air, it isn’t and will never be as good as the plan cooked corn, or rice as it does not have the weight provided by the water.
Volume created by water, trumps volume created by air.
For those who have not had a weight problem, then the this is not an issue.
chewy wrote:i Am 5"3 and 103 pounds thanks to MWL. before i started,i was 118 -biggest i have ever been.
frozenveg wrote:Jeff, thank you so much for this reply and detailed explanation! I know I have read that thread before, but it's hard to remember the details, when I'm trying to explain (to anyone--including myself! ) why things like rice cakes are dangerous for me. Having been 90+ pounds overweight for 40 or more of my adult years, I know I have things that I can not get loosey-goosey about. Rice cakes, popcorn and corn thins are that sort of thing..
9. Vanishing Perceived Satiety
These are foods that appear to be high in satiety due to their large volume but are actually calorie dense and low in satiety. This is because their volume comes from air, which unlike water, does not provide the same weight for the same volume so is much less satiating. On a WFPB diet, foods that have vanishing perceived satiety include popcorn, rice cakes and puffed cereals.
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