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Pasta confusion

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Recipes in the free magazine I get from my local Coop have delicious pasta recipes which are shown as low in sugars, saturates and salt, and count as 2 of my five a day. That's fine, BUT, having decided to reduce carbs I find the pasta quantities used confusing. They suggest 150grams of dried pasta for a meal for 2 people. Something is telling me that is too much, but I am now in a muddle over the carb content of cooked and uncooked pasta of the same weight. Since Christmas I have been reducing the amount I use in the recipes to 100grams dried pasta, with the other half having a larger serving than me. (btw I don't have a monitor as yet, but not sure if that is relevant lol)
 
If you get a monitor and test before your meal and 2 hours after you will know what effect the pasta is having on your glucose levels
CAROL
 
Pasta was recommended to me as 1 portion = 100g of cooked pasta (though this introduces the question of how much this is in dried pasta, it's a bit trial and error) It's about two tablespoons full. I am unsure of what the difference is between the carb content of cooked and uncooked. I would be more inclined to weigh your cooked pasta.

Pasta does have a low GI value, so in theory, you are more likely to have a rise in BG that is longer and more gradual (therefore easier to cope with) than a spike. Plus wholewheat pasta will be better again in general As Carol says above though, you would likely need to test pre-meal and 2 hours after at least to see how the pasta effects your BG.
 
Thank you ladies, must order up a monitor. None of the health care professionals I have seen so far have suggested one, but having read some of the threads on here it does seem the way to go
 
I’m not specifically low carb, especially not at the min but I normally find that 60-70g dried pasta is plenty for a single portion meal.
 
I have to avoid pasta at all costs. Sends my BG to the moon & back regardless of portion size.
 
Mark Parrott said:
I have to avoid pasta at all costs. Sends my BG to the moon & back regardless of portion size.
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out of interest Mark, have you tried cooking and reheating to see if that makes a difference? (I’ve only just ordered a monitor and haven’t plucked up courage to start yet) i’m Intending to experiment and see if affects BS
 
Sally W said:
out of interest Mark, have you tried cooking and reheating to see if that makes a difference? (I’ve only just ordered a monitor and haven’t plucked up courage to start yet) i’m Intending to experiment and see if affects BS
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The Hairy Bikers reheated pasta I think, when they did their weight loss programmes. I'm like you Sally, bit apprehensive about monitoring, afraid I might get a few nasty shocks
 
Sally W said:
out of interest Mark, have you tried cooking and reheating to see if that makes a difference? (I’ve only just ordered a monitor and haven’t plucked up courage to start yet) i’m Intending to experiment and see if affects BS
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When I tried this it ended up a gooey mess, so I passed on it.:D
 
What effect does reheating pasta have?
 
I'm hoping Michael Mosley will help change things in nutritional circles. He talks my language.🙂
 
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