A dietitian has shared a shocking warning to drinkers who don’t want to gain weight this festive season, and revealed why you’re better off eating bread than drinking wine or beer.
Savina Rego, from Perth, shocked thousands with a graphic posted on her Instagram page that illustrated why it’s alcohol you need to cut to lose weight rather than carbohydrates.
She wrote: ‘Since most people are quick to cut out carbohydrate containing foods before they consider how their alcohol intake contributes to their energy intake, I’ve compared the energy in three drinks (amount and alcohol percentage shown in the image) to that of white bread (each slice for this brand is 39g and provides approximately 84.5 calories).’
A dietitian (pictured) has shared a shocking warning to drinkers who don’t want to gain weight this festive season, and revealed why you’re better off eating bread than drinking wine
Savina Rego, from Perth, shocked thousands with a graphic (pictured) posted on her Instagram that illustrated why it’s alcohol you need to cut to lose weight not carbohydrates
Savina accompanied her words with a picture showing how three low carb beers equates to 3.11 slices of white bread, while three glasses of red wine is 5.28 slices.
The dietitian added that on average she sees her clients consuming between two and four alcoholic beverages in one sitting, but this is often a lot more at parties and when people are on holiday.
‘I’m not even referring to standard drinks here, since a single drink can provide more than 1-2 standard drinks,’ Savina wrote.
‘For example, there are 1.6 standard drinks in a 150mL glass of red wine.’
Savina (pictured) said that alcohol provides far more calories per gram than carbohydrates, and this is intensified even more when you add something like a sugary drink as your mixer
Savina said that alcohol provides far more calories per gram than carbohydrates, and this is intensified even more when you add something like a sugary drink as your mixer.
‘Note the low carb drinks still provide calories,’ she said.
‘If your pancreas is still working as intended, I’d suggest focusing more on your energy intake from discretionary foods like alcohol before worrying about carbohydrates as the main issue in your diet.’
This isn’t the first time Savina has explained why you shouldn’t demonise carbohydrates if you want to have a healthy diet (one of her comparisons pictured)
Thousands who saw the post were shocked by the graphic:
‘This is interesting. Thank you for this detailed analysis, it’s good to know,’ one woman posted.
‘Wow, the truth hurts, thank you for the information,’ another commenter added.
‘This is a friendly reminder to STOP demonising and restricting bread, as it can definitely be incorporated into a healthy balanced diet,’ Savina said previously (her comparison pictured)
This isn’t the first time Savina has explained why you shouldn’t demonise carbohydrates if you want to have a healthy diet.
‘This is a friendly reminder to STOP demonising and restricting bread, as it can most definitely be incorporated into a healthy balanced diet,’ Savina previously posted on her Instagram page.
She said that you are often having the ‘equivalent of what bread provides in terms of calories’, but just in a different form.
The dietitian illustrated her point by way of a comparison picture comparing 130 grams of muesli to five slices of wholegrain bread.
Savina said both contain 70 grams of carbohydrates, but while the muesli has 622 calories, the five pieces of bread has just 490 calories.
‘Whether it’s multigrain, sourdough, ezekiel, sandwich thins, low or lower carb, or wholemeal wholegrain, don’t be afraid to add grainy bread into your diet,’ Savina said.
‘People have such a fear of the carbohydrate content of bread… yet they don’t realise how it compares to other foods that provide carbohydrates.
‘I LOVE showing people bread is in fact okay especially when a sandwich (two slices of preferably wholegrain) with protein and salad is a filling option!’