RusticBohemian wrote:https://www.drmcdougall.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=15080
This would lower the calorie density. But you do not want to dilute it too much or you would also lower is satiety.
Could you clarify this point? Wouldn't adding more water fill more of your stomach so cause you to be more satisfied with a smaller amount of calories? Or are you saying that if you fill your stomach with food that is TOO low in caloric density, this might cause you be unsatisfied with your meals, and so crave something more calorically dense/unhealthy?
If you were to make rice with 1 cup brown rice and 2 cups water, it would have a certain calorie density.
If you did it with 1 cup brown rice and 3 cups water, the rice would have a lower calorie density as it absorbed more water adding more weight without adding more calories.
If you did it with 1 cup brown rice and 4 cups water, the rice would have an even lower calorie density as it absorbed even more water adding even more weight without adding any more calories.
The only issue with this, is that it only works to a certain point. If you Keep going, you would keep reducing the calorie density but also the relative percentage of starch and could compromise overall satiety.
Go to far and you have rice water/milk, which is now a liquid calorie with little to no satiety.
In Health
Jeff
