{"id":235418,"date":"2026-04-17T03:03:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/scientists-reveal-why-bread-can-cause-weight-gain-without-overeating"},"modified":"2026-04-17T03:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:03:27","slug":"scientists-reveal-why-bread-can-cause-weight-gain-without-overeating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/scientists-reveal-why-bread-can-cause-weight-gain-without-overeating","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Reveal Why Bread Can Cause Weight Gain Without Overeating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-reveal-why-bread-can-cause-weight-gain-without-overeating.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New research in mice shows how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/wholemeal-or-wholegrain-an-expert-explains-how-to-choose-your-bread\">eating bread<\/a> can cause body weight and fat mass to increase, even though caloric intake stays at a similar level.<\/p>\n<p>The research, led by a team from Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan, highlights how carbohydrates can contribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/youll-probably-gain-a-pound-in-2025-avoid-weight-creep-with-7-practical-steps\">weight gain<\/a> as well as excessive fat intake \u2013 which is what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/17-07-2023-who-updates-guidelines-on-fats-and-carbohydrates\">dietary advice<\/a> tends to focus on.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time nutritionists have talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/is-a-low-carb-diet-so-much-better-for-weight-loss-a-new-review-brings-the-evidence\">bread and carbohydrates<\/a> and their contribution to weight gain, but there hasn\u2019t been much detailed research into the relationship \u2013 especially wheat flour \u2013 or into what might be happening at a metabolic level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research in mice shows how eating bread can cause body weight and fat mass to increase, even though caloric intake stays at a similar level. The research, led by a team from Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan, highlights how carbohydrates can contribute to weight gain as well as excessive fat intake \u2013 which is [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}