The journal Nutrition Reviews International publishes a study of the ULPGC on bread and overweight

Madrid, April 2012.- the journal Nutrition Reviews has published a scientific study conducted by two researchers from the Department of clinical sciences of the University of Las Palmas de Gran CanariaImmaculate Baptist and Lluís Serra, which analyzes the relationship between consumption of bread with body weight and abdominal fat and concludes that you there is an association positive with overweight and obesity.

The research, entitled relationship between consumption of bread, body weight and abdominal fat distribution: evidence from epidemiological studies (Relationship between bread consumption, body weight and abdominal fat distribution: evidence from epidemiological studies), evaluates whether the feeding patterns which includes bread is associated with general obesity or excess abdominal adiposity. Therefore researchers have analyzed the scientific articles published during the last 30 years which focused on dietary patterns that include pan (refined or whole grain) and its association with obesity.

A total of 38 analyzed epidemiological studies met the inclusion criteria of this food, the results determined that dietary patterns that included whole grain bread do not positively influence weight gain and can be beneficial for weight status. Regarding eating habits which include refined bread, most cross-sectional studies suggest beneficial effects, while the majority of the cohort studies (set of individuals in a population that share the experience, within a time period of a same event) well designed indicate a possible relationship with excess abdominal fat. Therefore, to clarify the relationship between the load glucémica of different types of bread and its role in weight, more studies are needed.

According to the Professor of the ULPGC Lluís Serra, one of the participants in this project, while many professionals recommend the obese to exclude their diet bread, the reality is that the scientific evidence does not support this measure. Most of the studies reviewed place the bread in a neutral with respect to obesity position, and whole-grain bread in a clearly advantageous position. This kind of diets without carbohydrates are deteriorating the Mediterranean eating pattern, and all these professionals will have to answer someday undesirable diets such effects. “What is undoubtedly necessary is reducing the consumption of sugars and sweets in general, and encourage the use of flour less refined, never reduce the consumption of bread.”

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