After tasting yule logs during the holidays, we take advantage of the start of the year to treat ourselves to galettes des Rois! With Frangipani , apple, chocolate… There is something for everyone. However, if we love this cake, it consists mainly of butter and sugar . Two ingredients that are not friends with weight loss and who can make us puff up! No need to worry if you consume the galette des Rois in an exceptional way. But if during the month of January, it replaces your dessert daily, it could quickly weigh in your life, in particular by raising your cholesterol . So to eliminate the galette des Rois , what is the solution?
As always, sport and more specifically, running, seems essential to us to say goodbye to the few calories taken during a good meal. But you don't need to do a marathon to eliminate a slice of galette des rois . Indeed, all you need to do is 30 minutes of jogging . Depending on the quantity of cake you are going to eat (if you are the type to take the portions in pairs, we understand you) you can go up to 1h45 of running.
Rather than waiting until the next day, go for a run before the tasting. This will whet your appetite and your favorite galette des Rois will appear as a real reward.
In 100 g of Kings cake (one part), there are approximately 500 calories. By comparison, there are 450 calories in an almond croissant (60 g) and 278 calories in a pain au chocolat (68 g). The Kings Cake is therefore not the friend of those who wish to lose weight. Despite this, we do not taste it all year round, so during the month of January, we can close our eyes to it...
