March 28, 2024

If you are on a diet and yet struggling to lose weight, it is pretty clear that you need to get rid of your poor food choices. Most importantly, you need to bid goodbye to your junk food buddies and embrace the organic and REAL foods in their place.

Nevertheless, no matter how much we monitor our food consumption habits, one or two bad foods almost always manage to sneak past our sharp eyes. One such food is the innocuous rice cake.

Rice Cake
Rice Cake

Yep, rice cake is one food which is usually eaten by wannabe loss strugglers, especially those who are dieting. They believe rice cakes are low on calories. Funny enough, they seem to be ignorant of the fact that this “low-calorie” food is preventing them from losing fast.

Calories are not the only thing

These people make such poor food choices because almost always they think in terms of “calories”. They feel that in order to lose weight, all they need to do is to reduce their total calorie intake. Now, calorie-wise speaking, rice cakes are of course low on calorie. But if you wish to burn fat fast, they are harmful for you. They are equally bad if you wish to strengthen and tone up your muscles.

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Kids are especially excited about their birthdays and look forward for something special on this day. You can surprise them by ordering a special birthday cake online. When it comes to birthday cakes, there is no limit of designs; there are special theme cakes for birthdays.

There is a train and also in the shape of a motor car; these cakes are loved by kids who are quite excited by the shape and design. There are Barbie Doll and Cinderella for girls. Girls love both characters and they will love you for such a wonderful gift on their birthday.

There are cartoon cakes as well, with Pooh Bear, Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck cartoon being the hot favorites among the kids. You can also get cakes with movie characters on them; among such Harry Potter and Spider man top the list.

You see, when you are on a diet, you would inevitably feel hungry because you are eating much less food than you are used to. As a matter of fact, when you are dieting, you are actually eating the RIGHT amount of food. However, since your body is used to your overeating habits, it has difficulty in adjusting itself to your new food habits. Enter rice cakes.

How filling is a rice cake?

Have you noticed that with every lump of rice cake you put in your mouth, you get hungrier and bite on another cake? It is not actually your fault; rather, the inherent fault of rice cakes. Even though rice cakes are low on calorie, they don’t satiate you fully. They are just like any other light snack; you won’t feel satiated until after you have consumed a whole sack of rice cakes. I don’t think I need to tell you that overeating results in gain.

Does this mean that you could never eat rice cakes? Ideally, if you are serious about loss, you should snack only on those foods which are rich in fiber content, as they would fill you up quickly. Keep in mind that the less food you eat, the faster you would lose weight. But if you are addicted to rice cakes, you would never be able to control your food intake.

The only time you could have rice cakes is when your body is in serious NEED of carbohydrates. Normally, your body uses carbohydrates to produce energy. Usually, after a long and intense workout session, your body loses its carbohydrate storage. This is when it needs carbs the most, and you could replenish your body by eating rice cakes.

Generally, try to avoid rice cakes as much as you can and if ever you want to have them, never eat them except after a hard day’s workout or strenuous activity.

37 thoughts on “Why Rice Cakes Are Bad for Quick Weight Loss

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  2. I have eaten a half a bag of rice cakes (with peanut butter) every day since August 2011 and have so far lost 120 lbs, lowered my blood pressure, normalized by blood sugar and lowered my cholesterol.

  3. What a load of BS! Articles like this are the reason people make stupid motherhood statements “rice-cakes are bad for you and should be avoided”
    I’m on a professional loss/ body transformation program atm, and have been encouraged to eat brown rice cakes with low GI toppings e.g lean ham and avocado, or tuna and lettuce, low fat cottage cheese etc…ESPECIALLY if you’re exercising – you need carbohydrates.
    This stupid article bring this whole site into disrepute.

    1. eh, it says in the article its ok or best to eat them after exercising. I understand the sentiment that they are not so bad but perhaps you should read articles properly before going on angry rants that make you appear a little over….emotional

  4. Anything can make you fat if you eat too much of it. And of course if someone goes out and eats a hamburger because they didn’t feel full from the rice cakes that will make them fat, it’s because they have no self-control. Chocolate bars can make you fat because they are fattening, but if you one once and a while you’ll be fine. You’re not going to suddenly be obese you had a reeses peanut butter cup last Saturday. It’s all about moderation and self-control.
    I eat rice cakes all the time after work and I’m not fat..

    1. there is absolutely nothing wrong with rice cakes especially the ones made with brown rice, the problem is some people have no idea about proper nutrition, you don’t need to eat the whole packet to be satisfied you just have to think about what goes on top for instance low fat ricotta or cottage cheese with tuna, turkey, ham tomatoe slices and rocket or arugula etc etc., it’s endless the amount of healthy options you can put on as a topping, so for those of you who think you need to eat the whole packet please think again. i have successfully lost with rice cakes as a healthy low fat and low carb option.

  5. Yea this ariticle is worthless. The more of anything you eat is going to cause you to gain so Im not sure why they would write an entire article about rice cakes not helping with loss if you eat a lot of them. I lost 20 pounds snacking on rice cakes instead of potatoe chips. I told a look at it to see if in the long run they were going to harm my health or something. A waist of my time.

  6. “Whole grains that have been processed by high heat and pressure to produce puffed wheat or rice/oats, are actually quite toxic and have caused rapid death in test rats (Stitt, Paul; Fighting the Foods Giants, 1981 Natural Press, Manitowoc, WI, 62). Most, if not all, nutrients are destroyed during processing, and they are very difficult to digest. Studies have shown that these exuded whole grain preparations can have more adverse effects on the blood sugar that refined sugar and white flour.(Jenkins, David J A, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, March 1981, 34: 362-366) The process leaves phytic acid intact but destroys phytase, and enzyme that breaks done some of the phytic acid in the digestive tract.” ( from Nourishing Traditions, Sally Fallon, and Mary Enig, PhD)

  7. I’m sorry … you might be making some valid points here [although, a ton of people seem to have different experiences & insights] but the tone of this “article” is somewhat condescending. I think anyone referring to this article for help/insight should be put off by the fact that they are being called “wannabes” [though I will point out that this idea: “Wannabe loss struggler” makes no sense. either you want to loss or you don’t either you struggle … or ya don’t!] You back up your “facts” with large fonts. I think the most obvious downside to rice cakes wasn’t even mentioned here … there are are some sweet rice cakes out there that with the sugar added can have it’s negative effects if not eaten in moderation.

  8. The author fails to mention the difference between rice cakes made from white rice and ones made from brown rice. White rice (refined carbs) in general isn’t good for loss, but brown rice (complex carbs) is a healthy whole grain.

  9. He’s right. If you want to lose do some excersis instead of sitting around filling your gobs with rice cakes and chocolate caffeine free tea. Come on fatties!!

  10. I disagree completely. It is the easiest thing to add fiber to the rice cake!!! “Insert: Rice cakes with almond butter and sliced strawberres / turkey and spinach / etc etc etc”
    Enjoy 😉

  11. I don’t see how eating a 35 calorie rice cake is gonna be detrimental to loss. I agree that eating rice cakes as the only food to lose is wrong, you need variety, but as a snack I just cant agree with this foolish article.

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