Why I never eat Wasa
Spoiler alert: NOT just because it is a useless fad...
You probably already know that bread makes us fat. I don't think you need a PhD in nutrition to know that it helps to eliminate starchy products from your diet if you want to lose weight.
I guess if you've already lost weight and want to easily maintain your figure for the rest of your life - it's better to eat starchy foods infrequently, maybe only on special occasions.
If you're a bit like me and you've been struggling with excess weight for a long time and you've yo-yo after yo-yo for decades, then you've already realized…
...That if you've lost weight and start eating bread, pâtés and warm pretzels again, it's only a matter of time before you see the excess weight reappear.
✅ VALENTIN
I think I’ve heard this question a hundred times:
“Valentin, what do you think about WASA?”
Wasa has been a trend for years. Indeed, the internet is full of fit-fluencers and all kinds of specialists recommending Wasa bread.
Because I promised you honest and authentic articles, I think it's time for you to find out the truth about WASA.👇
✅ HEY HONEY!
Just like many people replace sugar with honey (which is also sugar) and think they've done themselves a favor…
…Likewise, there are many people who replace bread with Wasa (which is actually bread) and wonder why they don't lose weight.
It's just a nutritional confusion due to the lack of information. Don't worry, that's what I'm here for.
✅ IT’S STILL BREAD
As you can see in the picture:
100g of Wasa croquettes have 20% more carbohydrates than 100g of white bread.
100g of Wasa croquettes have 50% more calories than 100g of white bread.
Wasa bread comes in different variations - "whole" wheat or rye flour. The caloric content and the amount of carbohydrates are similar.
✅ ENERGY
The reason is simple: the common denominator of all wheat products is their very high starch content (calories / energy).
If you also consider that they are extremely cheap, not just high in calories, you’ll surely understand why Wasa falls into the category of “farm animal fodder”.
Just so you’ll get a clearer idea:
100 grams of sugar = 400 calories
100 grams of Wasa = 350 calories.
✅ EMPTY CALORIES
For example, 100g of Wasa will contain 61g of carbohydrates from starches.
Basically, after eating 100g of Wasa you will have 61g of glucose in your blood.
Eating empty calories when you have insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, diabetes, want to lose weight or maintain it is not very wise.
To conclude, my answer to the question "Is Wasa good?" is: OBVIOUSLY NOT.
Wasa does not help us in our efforts to lose weight and easily maintain our figure.
Is Wasa healthy? Sure, it's super healthy. But that matters for nothing if it's super high in calories, crunchy and delicious.
✅ WHY DON’T I EAT WASA?
Because it has 50% more calories than white bread.
Because it's basically just overpriced bread.
Because I never buy it.
✅ BUT BUT BUT…
You're going to say that you can't eat 100g of Wasa in one sitting as easily as you would eat 2 slices of bread (also 100g).
Most likely, if you’re struggling with extra pounds, you know very well that you won't just eat one croquette a day.
They are in the cupboard up there and, sometimes, in the afternoon, you’ll put a slice of cheese on yet another croquette.
In the evening, when watching TV instead of sleeping, a "diet-friendly" but a highly caloric snack will do the trick.
It is extremely likely that you will eat 100g of Wasa per day.
✅ WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL?
Maybe you'll say that it's not a tragedy, it's only 350 calories, big deal.
Instead, the habit of eating 100g of Wasa daily on the go means 10,000 extra calories in a month.
Almost 1.5 kg that you won't lose because you like to eat super processed, calorie-rich products, which are basically overpriced bread.
If you say it's not a big deal, you’re better off eating 80g of Snickers, that’s still 350 calories.
What's the point of eating cardboard when you can eat real sweets? At least you know what you’re getting.
✅ FIBER
You're going to say that your trainer recommended you eat Wasa because of its "fiber content that helps with digestion."
Well, 100g of Wasa (again, overpriced bread) has 17g of fiber within 350 calories.
But you’ll still get 350 calories from:
2.5 kg of cucumbers (29g fiber)
2.0 kg of tomatoes (24g fiber)
1.5 kg of cabbage (33g fiber)
0.7 kg of apples (17g fiber)
Well, isn't it better to eat vegetables as Valentin recommends and have twice as much fiber within the same calorie budget? And in addition you will get:
+ super satiety;
+ super minerals;
+ super vitamins.
🏆 PRO Tip: "fiber helps digestion" in clinical studies actually only represents an indicator in relation to the amount of vegetables and fruits you eat.
In essence, the main reason why constipation occurs is not the lack of fiber or "too much protein", but the lack of Potassium, on which the frequency of colonic motility depends.
Do you know where you can find Premium Potassium? In vegetables especially - and much less in fruit (with the exception of avocadoes and bananas).
✅ I AM A GLUTTON
One more thing: if I have something in the house that makes me want to snack on, I can't find peace until I finally get to eat it.
If it comes naturally to you to practice moderation and your weight is ideal and you can live with chocolate in the house (and you have to throw it away because it goes past its expiration date…)
…I, on the other hand, have food cravings and I am a glutton. I eat when I'm depressed, when I'm happy, bored, hungry, pissed off, emotional, compulsive. You name it. I think I'm addicted to food.
From the moment I open my eyes and until I close them, all I think about is food.
Maybe you don't believe me, but very often I dream about eating.
If you're even a little bit like me, believe me when I tell you that the most efficient solution to stop snacking is to not have tempting food lying around the house.
✅ THE SOLUTION
I don't buy anything that I know might tempt me. I can’t have temptations at home.
I don't have to invest willpower (like an idiot) to abstain from eating.
I don't buy it, I don't have it in the house. Easy. I'm not tempted, I don't have to abstain. I've been losing weight and maintaining my figure for 13 years.
As a result, my children don’t have junk food or snacks lying around the house either.
✅ BUT THE STORE IS JUST DOWNSTAIRS
"Alright, Valentin, but I can go buy some snacks, how about that?"
🏆 PRO Tip: from my own experience and from the experience of thousands of people I've worked with, I can confidently affirm that laziness beats craving in 9 out of 10 cases.
When it's night outside, it's cold, it's raining or the kids are sleeping and you're alone with them, you're not going to go to the gas station to buy junk.
You'll open the fridge, reluctantly eat 2 bell peppers and that's going to be it.
If you want to learn how to lose weight without falling for marketing ploys, stay tuned.
✅ THE END
Instead of a conclusion, I'll leave a nice comment I received at one point on a similar post:
"I don't understand why nutritionists recommend WASA...
And it also costs a cartload of money!"
✅ CAN I SHARE THIS?
I keep getting the question "Can I share this?". Of course you can.
But maybe you’d better not, because all the girlfriends who have paid a cartload of money on copy-pasted menus will jump at the chance to mess with you. Stuff like: “What do YOU know about this?” and “Who is this guy? Is he a doctor?”.
Someone wrote to me recently that I only have my Facebook page in order to make some money. OK, let's just say that this would be my ultimate goal in life.
After all, what would be wrong with you actually liking what I write and getting 100x ROI*? (*Return Of Investment)
But if my goal was to make money, don't you think it would have been infinitely easier for me to just use affiliate networks and make commissions than to just write every day for 10 years?
Think about it.