As the staple food, steamed buns are better for losing weight than rice and are less likely to gain weight. Steamed buns are high in calories. 100g of steamed buns has more than 200 calories, and 100g of rice has more than 100 calories.

Which one is easier to gain weight, steamed buns or rice?

Steamed buns are more effective in losing weight than rice and are less likely to gain weight than rice.

Steamed buns are made from fermented flour. The main nutrients are Carbohydrates are the basic food for people to replenish energy. Steamed buns contain an edible, nutrient-rich single-cell microorganism - yeast. It can provide a variety of nutrients needed by the human body such as vitamins, minerals, etc. in addition to proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids.

Steamed buns are a starchy food, and many people take it for granted that eating steamed buns will make them fat. But in fact, the calories of steamed buns are only 70% of those of rice, and their fat and sugar content are lower than those of rice. Therefore, eating steamed buns instead of rice as the staple food at dinner time will not make you gain weight.

In addition, steamed buns contain much more selenium and glutathione than rice. They have anti-lipid peroxidation effects, block free radical damage to cells, and enhance human immunity. This can relieve psychological and physical stress. Therefore, steamed buns are the staple food, which can make people full of energy and make them less likely to be hungry.

People’s digestion and absorption function is the worst at night. Eating too much starch can easily accumulate fat. Although eating steamed buns is easier to lose weight than rice, the editor recommends eating less starchy foods at night.

Which one has more calories, steamed buns or rice?

Steamed buns have more calories. 100g of steamed buns has 200 calories and rice has more than 100 calories.

It can also be understood that steamed buns are made from wheat flour and are concentrated.

Each 100 grams of uncooked rice contains about 330 kcal. This amount is basically the same as lean pork. However, rice is not eaten dry. Each portion of rice needs to add more than 1.5 times of water when cooking. Therefore, after being cooked into rice, the calories per 100 grams of cooked rice are reduced to about 120 kcal, which is only equivalent to the calories contained in one and a half apples.

In comparison, the calories per 100 grams of steamed buns are about 210 kcal, the staple sweet bread has about 280 kcal, and the calories of biscuits are as high as about 450 kcal. That is to say, in terms of starch content, the same volume of rice has a higher moisture content, but the starch content is lower than steamed buns, bread and biscuits.