Which pasta is best?

[Ruth Goode]

I find pasta spiked my daughter's level very high, I don't want to stop giving her pasta because she and my other children love them!! So do anyone know if there is any kind of pasta would be better?

 

[teapot8910]

Hi Ruth

If your daughter's on MDI, a split injection may be better for her? I used to inject all at once which left my with nasty hypo's. I experimented split injections after reading another post and touch wood it's a lot better! 🙂

 

[Vicsetter]

You might find that fresh egg pasta is better than the dried variety. If this works then get a pasta machine (cheap enough) and get the kids to make their own, it's dead easy and tastes wonderful.
Slightly under-cooking (al-dente) makes it harder to digest and less spiky, but the kids may not like it that way.
How do they have pasta? I find lasagne or a pasta bake (Chicken and chorizo) is fine for me, you might find that is better than say spaghetti bolognese where there is more pasta than sauce. The fat in the sauce should help to reduce the spike.

 

[Northerner]

I find pasta spiked my daughter's level very high, I don't want to stop giving her pasta because she and my other children love them!! So do anyone know if there is any kind of pasta would be better?

Do you mean that there is a late spike with the pasta, when the mealtime bolus has run out? If so, then the best approach is a split injection as teapot suggests. I seem to be lucky with pasta, although I don't eat it very often and usually just spag bol 🙂

 

[Mel]

Brown pasta sorted out the spikes for us

 

[Ruth Goode]

Thank you, I'll try these brown pasta first x

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Thank you, I'll try these brown pasta first x

Not sure if everyone is the same (and is very different on a pump than MDI used to be) but I find the absorption of different sorts/shapes of pasta varies enormously, almost regardless of whether brown or white.

White spaghetti seeming to be the very slowest for me at the moment. Frequently still chugging away a good 6-8 hours after eating, and barely getting going much at all for the first 2 hours or so. Lots and lots of dual and square wave experimentation, but no real proper 'system' yet.

Hope you manage to get an approach that works for you!

 

[DeusXM]

Wholemeal pasta may be better. However, you could probably look at portion control too. I know she's only little but would your daughter ever eat salad? you could do a half-sized portion of pasta and make up the difference with leafy greens.

Otherwise, you might want to look at Shiritake/Miracle noodles - these are noodles made from kelp and should have no impact at all on blood sugar. They're not quite the same as the real thing but apparently make a reasonable substitute for spaghetti provided you've got a decent sauce on the top.

 

[Ruth Goode]

Carly like her noodles too, there's no spike 🙂 she had her new pasta last night and no spike!! Fingers crossed it will contiune.

 

[m1dnc]

Not sure if everyone is the same (and is very different on a pump than MDI used to be) but I find the absorption of different sorts/shapes of pasta varies enormously, almost regardless of whether brown or white.

White spaghetti seeming to be the very slowest for me at the moment. Frequently still chugging away a good 6-8 hours after eating, and barely getting going much at all for the first 2 hours or so. Lots and lots of dual and square wave experimentation, but no real proper 'system' yet.

Hope you manage to get an approach that works for you!

I have the same problem. Extended bolus, multiwave bolus, you name it - still seems to be being digested hours and hours later. Not so much a spike as a gentle swell.

I have found though that lasagne seems to be the most controllable, but that's probably because the proportion of pasta to sauce is much lower.