There are many ingredients on the market that are beneficial to losing weight. Wheat germ, a highly nutritious natural cereal ingredient, as one of the most nutritious and comprehensive health care ingredients in the "light food world", has been favored by more and more people, and has become the staple food of three meals a day for health care and weight loss people in recent years.
Compared with oatmeal, why can wheat germ "outshine others" in many weight-loss meal replacement foods and be loved by countless people? This is due to the nutritional value and efficacy of wheat germ itself. Let's compare wheat germ and oatmeal, the two most popular coarse grain foods for consumers.
A good diet product must be rich in dietary fiber and protein, followed by vitamins and other nutrients needed by human body. Wheat germ, known as the "plant nest", is not an ordinary grain, but a nutritional treasure house and essence of grain. Compared with ordinary oats, ordinary oats need to eat a lot to get the same nutrition as wheat germ, so eating wheat germ is the essence.
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① Dietary fiber: 100g Wheat germ contains dietary fiber11.1g; 100g oatmeal contains 13.2g dietary fiber. The dietary fiber content is slightly lower than that of oats, but there is little difference. Dietary fiber plays a very important role in losing weight. Dietary fiber can absorb water and expand, prolong the residence time of food in the stomach, and give people a strong sense of fullness. Not only can you lose weight, but you can also peristalsis, defecation and constipation.
② Carbohydrate: Every 100g oat contains 77.4g carbohydrate. Every 100g of wheat germ contains about 27.5g of carbohydrates. It can be seen that the carbohydrate of wheat germ is much lower than that of oats, and the lower the carbohydrate, the better the weight loss effect.
③ protein: The protein content of 100g wheat germ is about 38.8g；; The protein content of 100g oats is only 15g. It can be seen that the protein of wheat germ is more than twice as high as that of oats. The higher the protein, the stronger the satiety. Reducing the number and frequency of meals will help to lose weight.
④GI index: 100g wheat germ GI is 25; 100g The GI of oatmeal is 65. It can be seen that the glycemic index of wheat germ is much lower than that of oats, which is more beneficial to people who need to control sugar during weight loss.
Compendium of Materia Medica also records that "wheat germ can nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, nourish liver qi, stop diarrhea, lower blood pressure and strengthen the stomach". In addition, mineral elements such as "iron, potassium, magnesium, zinc and selenium" contained in wheat germ play an important role in nourishing the stomach. These are unmatched by other cereals such as oats.
To sum up, although wheat germ is not as good as oats in a single nutritional component, it is much better than oats in overall nutritional structure and slimming, which is more conducive to slimming and meal replacement, and is an ideal meal replacement staple for dieters.