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.
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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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.
Who ever wrote this article is clearly un-educated and it should be removed from the net.
It sounds like somebody just thought this up in their kitchen one day while they were stoned and eating a pack of rice cakes.
i just got so depressed reading that article until i read the responses – thankfully there some people out there who have consumed rice cakes and know that they are not as evil as the article portrays them
Let’s not forget everyone that almost 2 billion people in the Orient eat rice three times a day, everyday, and they are as skinny as a rail. It’s only when they started adding meat and white flour to their diets do they see a rise in obesity.
Looks like this article has been refuted. If all you eat is rice cakes, something is wrong with you. Just like if all you eat is broccoli, something is wrong with you. You need variety in what you eat. Plus, whole grains, including whole grain rice crackers made from whole grain brown rice, are much better for you than processed nutrient-reduced white breads and white rices. I’m not dissing white rice, I do love fragrant basmati and jasmine rices as well as sushi rice, but think about it. Wonder Bread just won’t be as good for you as the whole grain, multi-oat bread. The same applies to rice cakes and any other carbohydrate product.
Just three things:
1. There is no such thing as a Wannabe loss struggler… you either struggle loosing or you dont…there is no in between.
2. If ya cant eat just one rice cracker ya got no self-control and that means dieeting just wont suceed for you in anway…
3. good rice crackers are made out of plain rice…so basically you are dissing rice
Well, me & my husband just started P90X and Rice Cakes are on the list of OK to eat snacks. They are delicious and they get you full pretty quick, 6.5g Whole Grains, 45 Calories, Calories from Fat 0, Total Fat 0g, Saturated Fat 0g, Trans Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg, I combined a couple rice cakes with a Chocolate Hazelnut Decaf Tea and snack was wonderful, who said these are bad for you? They avoid me the craving of eating junk food, Love Rice Cakes!!!
How is 5g of whole grain per serving with only 50 cals, 3g of sugar, and 0 fat for loss wannabes? Whoever wrote this is FIRED.
This is rubbish. Sure a rice cake with thats not whole grain will be bad for you if thats your only source of carbs. But a good wholegrain rice cake will do wonders for you in the arvo an hour or two before you hit the gym. And dont just have the rice cake. Top it with cottage cheese and tuna to make an awsome light lunch.
He is right on point. Rice cakes should only be consumed after a workout. I mean an intense workout.
Ricecakes fill me up completely. I dont over eat and my snacking has cut back drastically. I dont see a problem with them and I’m losing eathing them as well. I eat one with a light topping @ breakfast, 2 @ lunch with a light topping, and then have a healthy dinner. I’m losing on this. This site was bull crap lol
Ha ha what a load of bollocks! The person who wrote this must not have ounce of self control!! Granted if you eat enough of the chocolate and caramel snak-a -jaks u are runnin the risk but for normal rice cakes!!! lol!! You eat enough of anythn you are gonna not lose wieght unless we are talkin about salad and some fruit! Stick to the brown rice and wholegrain 2-3 as one portion and use them with protien shakes and fruit as part of your six small meals a day regime for best results!
Don’t dis rice cakes! they are a healthy low fat snack! I’m hoping to do modelling after education and i know for a fact models eat rice cakes the whole time!
What utter rubbish!!! I eat 2 rice cakes per serving and don’t feel the need to scoff the whole packet. Rice cakes are a healthier alternative to things like crisps/biscuits. Low calorie, low fat and pretty filling. Next they’ll be saying apples are bad for loss!
@Cassie
Not all rice cakes are made from white rice!!!!
I only eat the ones that are wholegrain.
Also, sugar itself doesn’t make you fat, it just usually has more calories than other food, so you have to watch out with the amount of sugary things you eat (which isn’t really the case with white rice rice cakes though as they are low calorie).
I do believe though that you should eat wholegrain rice cakes and not the white rice cake kind, as white rice ones don’t really fill you up.
You failed to mention the actual reason they are bad for you. They are made from refined processed white rice which turns to sugar in your blood. Sugar actually is what makes you fat. A healthy diet should consist of good quality protein, carbs, and fat. The carbs should be complex carbs, not simple carbs.
I think the truth is that different types of foods affect people differently and work for people differently, especially in regards to what their dieting style is.
For me, rice cakes were great! My dieting style is this: Not quick, but slow. Eat up to 1800 to 2000 calories a day (which is the recommended calorie intake for my for slow loss).
It was great, but I still found myself binge-eating once or twice a week or every two weeks…THen I decided to eat rice cakes instead of bread. And voila, no more binge-eating at all, and thus I have been able to finally lose slowly. It was great because I greatly enjoy just the process of biting on something, not just how I felt while eating. With rice cakes you prolong the process of biting onto something (if that makes sense) as they are low in calories, meaning u get to eat more food stuffs that u put on them, like jam, honey, tuna, ham, chicken, etc..
So yummy! 🙂
Rubbish i have lost 1st 6lbs steadily and have found rice cakes a great substitute for chocolate/ biscuits and find 1/2 at a time is plenty no urge to keeping eating them unlike the chocolate or biscuits!!! A savoury one takes the place of bread again 1/2 is normally more than enough. we all need will power if we are too lose .
Rubbish! I’m snacking on rice cakes since quitting smoking and I haven’t gained at all.
Hooray for rice cakes!
This article is a waste of time…… its about as dry as a ricecake, does not even provide a REAL reason why they are bad for quick loss. All it seems to say is that people who eat rice cakes will end up overeating, there is an element of self control needed in all diets… i suggest anyone who is affected by this issue tries to enforce it!
My fiance forwarded this to me…. as much as i love her i think she is potentially as stupid as the person who wrote this article for actually taking it seriously!!
hmmmmm time for a ricecake i think…. i need it after all the energy i used tapping away to write this response.
happy snacking!!
what a load of shit! i eat rice cakes to slim down to my fighting whight 75kg (kickboxing)
I lost 35lbs snacking on rice cakes, I still eat them and have not gained a pound back one year later