Replacing wheat for wholegrain rye could help you lose weight. You’ll shed those pounds quicker and burn more body fat, a new study has found.
A group of 242 people who were overweight or obese were put on the same low-calorie diet for three months—but half ate wholegrain rye products and the rest were given refined wheat alternatives.
Both groups lost weight—but those eating wholegrain rye lost an average of one kilogram more body weight and 0.54 percent more body fat than those in the wheat group.
Earlier studies that had noticed a similar effect from eating rye had assumed it was because the volunteers felt less hungry and so ate less, but researchers from Chalmers University of Technology say both their groups ate similar amounts, and so rye must be causing a different metabolic reaction that is causing the extra weight loss.
(Source: Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 2021; 45: 155)
