Is it easy to gain weight if you eat noodles every day?

Noodles are a kind of food that is deeply loved by people in daily life, especially our friends in the north, many of whom take noodles as their staple food. Many people worry that eating noodles every day will easily lead to weight gain. In fact, this worry is reasonable, because many noodles are eaten with various vegetables and meat, which will lead to an increase in carbohydrates and thus cause weight gain. Therefore, friends who want to lose weight need to be careful not to eat noodles every day.

1. Is it easy to gain weight by eating noodles every day?

Eating noodles for a long time can indeed make you gain weight easily. Of course, it depends on what kind of noodles you eat. In addition to noodles, do you pair them with more vegetables, lean meat, eggs and soy products?

Noodles are a staple food in themselves. Most noodles on the market are made from refined white flour. The various common Lanzhou ramen, knife-cut noodles, Chongqing noodles, etc. on the market are mostly based on noodles. Vegetables, eggs, meat, tofu and other foods are rarely used as embellishments. And most of them are high in fat and very greasy.

2. Reasons

Staple foods (including noodles) are the main source of calories and carbohydrates. Staple foods made from refined white rice and noodles lack dietary fiber and have a poor sense of fullness, so it is easy to eat too much. In addition, because the vegetables and high-quality protein (fish, meat, eggs and soy products) in the dishes are often relatively small, and most of them contain a lot of oil and salt, if spicy food is added to increase appetite, the calorie and carbohydrate intake may exceed the limit if you are not careful, which of course makes you gain weight easily. Even if they make it at home, most families will not use whole grain noodles. They are all made of refined white flour. There are not too many meat, eggs and vegetables. Of course, it is generally much better than eating out.

Noodles themselves are just a staple food. Compared with refined white rice and noodles, coarse grains contain more dietary fiber and give a stronger sense of fullness. Therefore, it is best to add some coarse grains when making noodles, such as corn noodles, red bean noodles, oatmeal noodles, etc. These are available on the market and can also be made by families themselves. Secondly, a meal cannot consist of just the staple food. It must be paired with vegetables and high-quality protein foods (fish, meat, eggs, milk and soy products). Noodles paired with vegetables and high-quality protein foods not only make the overall nutritional value higher. It also provides a stronger sense of fullness, reduces postprandial blood sugar response, and helps control total calorie intake.

Of course, there are also noodles with better combinations on the market, and some families make them very well. It is not easy to gain weight if you eat such noodles often. There is no good or bad food, it depends on how it is prepared. However, the noodles in most noodle shops and homemade noodles are not well made, and eating them frequently can indeed make you gain weight.