Bread and cellulite

Is bread that bad for cellulite? And how can I make it better?

• Is bread bad for cellulite?

• How can I make bread better for cellulite?

• How can I make bread worse for cellulite?

• In summary

• Have a cellulite treatment in London with the cellulite experts

Is bread bad for cellulite?

Most people quite rightly understand that too much bread will tend to increase cellulite. But why is that?

There are four ways in which eating bread can increase cellulite:

• Calories: bread consists mainly of starch, which contains 4 calories per gram (kcal/g); too many calories mean more fat accumulation and cellulite

• Glycaemic index: glycaemic index describes the speed at which your blood glucose rises after eating a certain food; both white bread brown bread have a high glycaemic index, around GI 70; blood sugar spikes mean more fat accumulation and cellulite

• Glycaemic load: glycemic load describes the total load of glucose entering your bloodstream after eating a certain food; the more bread you eat at a single sitting the higher the GL; more blood sugar mean more fat accumulation and cellulite

• Gluten intolerance: this can cause low grade grade inflammation and consequent water retention, both of which are important factors of cellulite

• Glycation: too much carbohydrates result in high blood sugar levels which in turn increase collagen glycation; glycation is an important cause of cellulite

As bread is a more-ish food it can easily lead to cellulite development after a few months/years.

How can I make bread better for cellulite?

There is a trick to make bread better (but not totally innocuous).

We can effectively halve its glycaemic index - and consume less of it - by combining it with lots of vegetable and protein.

Eating bread with jam/honey, or worse, with butter and jam/honey, will increase both the total GI, GL and calorie count, i.e. a disaster.

On the other hand:

• Eating bread with, for example, lots of lettuce/tomato/other salad and tuna/chicken/other high protein food, will effectively halve its GI

• If the lettuce, tomato and tuna sandwich leads to you eating half the bread, that will effectively lower the GL too

• Given that protein calories do not easily get turned into fat, this combination will also lower the total calories that can be turned into fat

So the solution to making bread better, for both overweight and cellulite prevention is to combine it with lots of veg and protein and effectively reduce its GI, GL and calories that can be easily turned into fat.

So you don’t need to give up bread, if you really like it: just eat less of it and combine it with veg/protein.

How can I make bread worse for cellulite?

Oh, God, let me count the ways…

• Firstly you can add bread and jam/honey to make it a GI/GL/calorie/glycation bomb

• You can also fry it and make it a calorie/glycation/heart attack bomb (GI decreases with the addition of fat, but that is not that helpful, as calories increase; glycation increases with frying)

• You can also add lots of cheese to it and also make it a GL/calorie//glycation/heart attack bomb

• You can add a chocolate/hazelnut spread to it and also make it GI/GL/calorie/glycation bomb

I’m sure there are more ways to make bread worse for health, fat accumulation and cellulite 0 but let’s stop here.

Bread and cellulite: the summary

Bread is not the healthiest of foods but you can make it better by consuming high quality bread (e.g. sourdough instead of the industrialised foam that they sell in the supermarkets), eat little and combine it with lots of salads, vegetables and protein.

Of course, if bread gives you intolerance, you can always substitute with other carbs, such as brown/red/black/wild rice, red/black quinoa, potatoes, corn etc.

Or skip carbs altogether, i.e. follow a ketogenic diet. Not many people can be so disciplined to follow a keto diet though. And if you have any health conditions, you may need to consult a healthcare professional first.

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