Why is bread served long before food in restaurants? Surely you've asked yourself this before. In fact, in many places, it comes to the table with the drinks and, with hunger, it becomes almost impossible not to snack while waiting for the first hors d'oeuvres. However, the reason for this practice is not to make the wait more bearable… In fact, rather than taking away your hunger, which would be counterproductive, its effect is the opposite.
Typically, the bread served in restaurants is white and made with refined flour. This is where the problem lies because, although it may seem like an innocent basket of bread, its objective is to make you even hungrier and, therefore, end up consuming more.
The reason is that a baguette has a glycemic index of around 70 per 100 grams, the equivalent of a cookie. Although it is not that whole wheat bread is a better option since its glycemic index is the same. Furthermore, there are even worse ones, since sliced bread reaches 85 per 100 grams.
This high glycemic index causes a rapid increase in blood sugar level that drops in a short time and makes you feel hungry again. This way, it will be much more difficult for you to resist the food on the menu, in addition to what you have ordered. So now you have a reason to fight temptation the next time you eat out.
Cover photo | Jasmin Schreiber
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