5 Winter Foods That Can Cause Unexpected Weight Gain

Winter Foods Causing Weight Gain: An ideal winter diet includes foods that help to keep us warm and boost our immunity. These warm foods feel like a cosy and comfortable blanket on cold days. But sometimes without even knowing, we gain more weight in winter months. This may be because the winter diet includes certain foods that are high in calories and cause unexpected weight gain. Also, in winter we crave for foods such as tea, coffee, and sugary foods that may be another culprit for unexplained weight gain. Here are certain winter foods that may be causing you to gain extra weight and hampering your health.

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Winter Foods Causing Weight Gain

1. Creamy Soups

Creamy soups are comfort foods in winter that provide much-needed warmth and nutrients to our body, but may also make you gain weight. Therefore, it is always beneficial to opt for tomatoes, green vegetables and green broth soups for a healthy body. Avoid putting creams in your soups as these heavy creams may contribute to weight gain.

2. Winter Sweets

Winters are incomplete without sweet dishes such as carrot halwa, immunity-boosting ladoos, chikki and others. As these dishes have high sugar content, you must be vigilant about their consumption. Sugary foods contain empty nutrition that does not make your body attain any nutrients, instead makes you gain weight.

3. Parathas

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Who doesn’t love to eat parathas in winter? We usually like to eat our stuffed parathas with good amounts of butter/ ghee and pickles. Eating too much butter and pickles can increase your calorie intake and lead to weight gain.

4. Tea And Coffee

The most favourite beverages of people across the world are tea and coffee. Drinking tea or coffee in winter helps to keep you warm and comforted. But if your tea or coffee is loaded with too much sugar, it may cause you to gain weight. Therefore, always try to maintain healthy sugar levels in your tea or coffee to manage weight.

5. Baked Goods

Consumption of certain baked goods such as pastries, cakes etc may make you gain unexpected weight. Baked foods, especially those that are high in refined sugar can be the culprit of excessive weight gain.

(Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis or treatment.)