No Indian meal is complete without rice or roti and both. These staple elements of Indian cuisine are either a part of our breakfast, lunch, dinner or all three.Of late, the growing fitness fad has raised questions on the nutritional value of all the edibles, including rice and chapati.
Let's dissect the pros and cons to make your life choices easier.Both these food items have similar carbohydrate levels and calorific value, but different nutritional value ,chapati contains more proteins and fibre than rice.
Rice is easier to digest because of its starch content, whereas chapati digests slowly.However, due to slow digestion chapati keeps you full for longer, which is a big plus for weight watchers.
Vitamin content ~
Both rice and roti Contains folate a water soluble B - vitamin. However rice is much better source of folate as compare to roti/chapati.
Each serving of chapati provides you calcium, phosphorus, iron and potassium like various minerals.
On the other hand rice provides you same amount of iron but provides less amount of phosphorus, potassium and calcium i.e rice does not contain any calcium.
Chapati contains more fiber, protein, micronutrient and sodium as compare to rice. In fact rice doesn't contain any sodium. If you are watching your sodium intake then rice is better option for you.
Whole wheat and multi grain chapatis are the most preferred variants, and brown rice liked better. Both rice and wheat have simple glycemic index, which means both raise blood sugar level to the same extent. So as long as you restrict the quantity it does not matter what you eat. If same amount of cereals one chapati and one bowl of rice is consumed it is definitely all right. So don't just avoid rice watch the portion size.
So basically both rice and chapati is good, it's totally depends on the quantity and quality you have.
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