What and how to freeze, to prepare fancy food in advance and on a budget… well done. Macro-what now? You calling me fat? Why pictures of you in tight clothes making strange faces? I was hungry until…
Making your food at home is infinitely better and healthier than ordering takeout or reaching out to fast food from the store or drive through. If you make any of these recipes, you are absolutely better off than relying on someone else outside your household making your food for you.
That being said, your meal isn’t as healthy as you think if half of it is white rice. White rice is no different than white bread from the store, it is pure carbs with no fiber that usually comes with it naturally as it’s stripped away during processing similarly to how wheat is processed to make flour.
When you strip off the fiber, you remove most of the nutrients in terms of vitamins and minerals that were there and leave only the least nutricious part, the starch.
This is a problem because starch is a very simple form of carb, which means our bodies quickly digest and metabolize it. That means you need more of it to feel satiated and it reaches your blood quicker, meaning not only are you elevating your blood sugar levels quicker than normal, you are also intaking a higher amount and spiking your blood sugar levels significantly. Normally the fiber satiates you more, meaning you need to eat less of it to feel full and it also helps metabolize the carbs slower, so your blood sugar gradually increases and doesn’t spike that much. Unless you are immediately using up that extra energy, such as through strenous physical exercise, you need to secrete more insulin to store all that extra sugar in the blood away. You will also grow hungry and need to eat again relatively soon as well. This insulin mechanism is how you accumulated weight in the first place, meaning it makes it harder to lose weight and actively helps you stay insulin resistant (a condition where you need more and more insulin secreted to store away the same amount of glucose in the blood) which is a significant risk for developing many degenerative diseases over a prolonged period of time (I am talking 20-30 years here), such as diabetes, Alcheimerz, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, tumors etc.
This isn’t to say white rice is evil and you should never have it, it’s just important to know how it interacts with our body so one can adjust the frequency and amount of consumption. It is definitely not a food that should be a regular staple of your diet regardless of your health state, but more of a treat on occasion, just like candy for example since it interacts with the body in similar ways. I only bring this up because a lot of Josh’s healthy recipes heavily rely on the use of white rice and he doesn’t explain this in his videos (not that it’s really his fault, you need to go out of your way to learn these nutrition facts).
A simple solution is to simply substitute white rice with whole grain rice in your recipes, that way it can remain a staple and you don’t need to change much in the recipe/preparation process other than what ingridient you buy. It’s readily available and only slightly more expensive than plain white rice. It’s a simple change that will go a long way for your dietary patterns that contribute to your health and disease risks. This is especially important if you are already insulin resistant and having trouble losing weight, not to mention if you are prediabetic / diabetic.
Personally, there is a very minor difference from regular rice we are used to, it’s slightly more chewy and less fluffy but the taste is pretty much the same. So it’s an easy substitute for Josh’s recipes.
Also, don’t fall for that vitaminized/enriched rice crap. It’s literally just white rice with artificially sprinkled vitamins on top that were there in the first place but in much greater quantities. It’s like if someone took a 100 dollar bill from you, then gave you a 5 dollar bill back and said you are now 5 dollars richer.
No way that rice was 4.5gm carbs
Hey a applicable video!
Health is wealth people! Thank you so much for these Josh! ❤️
What and how to freeze, to prepare fancy food in advance and on a budget… well done. Macro-what now? You calling me fat? Why pictures of you in tight clothes making strange faces? I was hungry until…
Thank you for these recipies and for the storage!! I would love to see more of this type of thing. ❤
Making your food at home is infinitely better and healthier than ordering takeout or reaching out to fast food from the store or drive through. If you make any of these recipes, you are absolutely better off than relying on someone else outside your household making your food for you.
That being said, your meal isn’t as healthy as you think if half of it is white rice. White rice is no different than white bread from the store, it is pure carbs with no fiber that usually comes with it naturally as it’s stripped away during processing similarly to how wheat is processed to make flour.
When you strip off the fiber, you remove most of the nutrients in terms of vitamins and minerals that were there and leave only the least nutricious part, the starch.
This is a problem because starch is a very simple form of carb, which means our bodies quickly digest and metabolize it. That means you need more of it to feel satiated and it reaches your blood quicker, meaning not only are you elevating your blood sugar levels quicker than normal, you are also intaking a higher amount and spiking your blood sugar levels significantly. Normally the fiber satiates you more, meaning you need to eat less of it to feel full and it also helps metabolize the carbs slower, so your blood sugar gradually increases and doesn’t spike that much. Unless you are immediately using up that extra energy, such as through strenous physical exercise, you need to secrete more insulin to store all that extra sugar in the blood away. You will also grow hungry and need to eat again relatively soon as well. This insulin mechanism is how you accumulated weight in the first place, meaning it makes it harder to lose weight and actively helps you stay insulin resistant (a condition where you need more and more insulin secreted to store away the same amount of glucose in the blood) which is a significant risk for developing many degenerative diseases over a prolonged period of time (I am talking 20-30 years here), such as diabetes, Alcheimerz, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, tumors etc.
This isn’t to say white rice is evil and you should never have it, it’s just important to know how it interacts with our body so one can adjust the frequency and amount of consumption. It is definitely not a food that should be a regular staple of your diet regardless of your health state, but more of a treat on occasion, just like candy for example since it interacts with the body in similar ways. I only bring this up because a lot of Josh’s healthy recipes heavily rely on the use of white rice and he doesn’t explain this in his videos (not that it’s really his fault, you need to go out of your way to learn these nutrition facts).
A simple solution is to simply substitute white rice with whole grain rice in your recipes, that way it can remain a staple and you don’t need to change much in the recipe/preparation process other than what ingridient you buy. It’s readily available and only slightly more expensive than plain white rice. It’s a simple change that will go a long way for your dietary patterns that contribute to your health and disease risks. This is especially important if you are already insulin resistant and having trouble losing weight, not to mention if you are prediabetic / diabetic.
Personally, there is a very minor difference from regular rice we are used to, it’s slightly more chewy and less fluffy but the taste is pretty much the same. So it’s an easy substitute for Josh’s recipes.
Also, don’t fall for that vitaminized/enriched rice crap. It’s literally just white rice with artificially sprinkled vitamins on top that were there in the first place but in much greater quantities. It’s like if someone took a 100 dollar bill from you, then gave you a 5 dollar bill back and said you are now 5 dollars richer.
Bro really did the soyjack face