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Eat away: Italian study shows pasta doesn't make you fat
TheLocal.it ^ | 05 Jul 2016 11:40 GMT+02:00

Posted on 07/06/2016 2:50:46 AM PDT by Olog-hai

If you’ve banished pasta from your kitchen cupboard in the hope of squeezing into last year’s Speedos or bikini before your summer holidays, you’re making a terrible mistake.

An Italian study, published in the journal “Nutrition and Diabetes” this month, reveals for the first time a link between how much pasta you eat and how slim you are likely to be. […]

“Our findings show a negative association of pasta consumption with general and central obesity,” the authors wrote. In short: the more you eat pasta, the less you are likely to be overweight. …

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TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: diet; italy; pasta; weightgain; weightloss
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To: Olog-hai

Pardon the pun, but would that study not be “self serving”?


21 posted on 07/06/2016 5:14:51 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Olog-hai

Nonsense. The quantity matters.

Like all those “studies” this one is worth nothing.


22 posted on 07/06/2016 5:46:33 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: IamConservative

The more you learn about cholesterol the less there is to worry about. (With the mandatory for most people qualifier)

Here’s a great book pdf.

http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol/


23 posted on 07/06/2016 5:50:23 AM PDT by zek157
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To: Olog-hai

Being a 61 year-old of Italian descent I have to “weigh in” (sorry!). In a word: hogwash. Wheat = poison for a variety of reasons: gluten, glycemic load. It acts on your brain just like heroin. I lost 75 lbs. over the course of about a year and a half, and have been able to maintain that by only eating things like pasta on 1 cheat day per week. It works well psychologically, since I don’t have to give it up totally, and one high carb day per week supposedly is good for the metabolism. The minimum daily allowance of 300g of carbohydrate per day is absurd, and a ticket to an early grave.


24 posted on 07/06/2016 5:51:50 AM PDT by Wheelman81
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To: Olog-hai

My husband just commented on the muscle definition in my arms-I even have my triceps back. I told him it’s all from pasta...carrying the heavy pasta bowls as a waitress in an Italian restaurant has helped me get back in shape.

I rarely eat it, though.


25 posted on 07/06/2016 5:54:38 AM PDT by NorthstarMom (God says debt is a curse and children are a blessing, yet we apply for loans and prevent pregnancy.)
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To: IamConservative
I'm with you. I eat pure foods, complete foods, call it what you want. I started doing so six years ago. The good news is that there are many more sources of reasonably priced non-mutilated, non-additive foods than there used to be.

I've added some pasta to my diet. It's 100% whole wheat pasta, a measured serving, about once a week. I'm fine with that if I eat around it....no more than two whole grain servings a day.

26 posted on 07/06/2016 6:03:19 AM PDT by grania
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To: Chickensoup
"It’s not the pasta, its the wine."

...or the cannoli.

"Leave the gun, take the cannoli."

27 posted on 07/06/2016 6:05:08 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Olog-hai
John Pinette would disagree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMTfBjOzUSc

28 posted on 07/06/2016 6:06:32 AM PDT by Marko413
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To: elcid1970
Not a plug, but the Veghetti device that turns squash into noodles has eliminated pasta from my diet, & it works for anything that goes over rice, too.

I have an attachment for my stand mixer and do the same. One trick to try if you haven't. Once you spiralize your squash, place it in a colander and shake 3-4 teaspoons of kosher salt over it and mix it in. Let rest for 30 minutes and rinse thoroughly. The salt will draw a lot of the water out of the squash and make a heartier "pasta." Makes a great raw "zoodle" salad. Just add tomatoes, onions, olives, feta, vinegar and olive oil.

29 posted on 07/06/2016 6:09:54 AM PDT by IamConservative (Hillary walks while 100's of teens get prosecuted for mishandling Miley Cyrus MP3's..)
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To: Doofer
Barilla protein pasta is delicious and fills you up fast. I find I only eat a half portion of the protein pasta when I'll normally clean the plate with the regular pasta.
30 posted on 07/06/2016 6:14:50 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Olog-hai

Everything in life is better no-carb.


31 posted on 07/06/2016 6:16:35 AM PDT by Ketill Frostbeard ("At every doorway, one should look 'round. And fare not one pace from thy weapons." ~ODIN~)
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To: tflabo
[Just don’t overeat. Duh.]

Did the study include buttered bread sticks with Parmesan cheese sprinkled on it?

32 posted on 07/06/2016 6:21:54 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: IamConservative

Agreed. It’s not the pasta, it’s the sauce they slather on it.


33 posted on 07/06/2016 6:40:09 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: Olog-hai

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/16/church-flying-spaghetti-monster-massachusetts-religion/75862946/
Pastafarians everywhere are pleased at the study.


34 posted on 07/06/2016 6:41:37 AM PDT by freefdny
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To: dp0622

Exactly.

Also, Pasta is not meant to be a heavy dish, but we Americans cook our pasta way too long and let it soak up all that water, so it becomes very heavy and filling.

I have basically cut carbs out for the last month to 6 weeks and I have dropped 17 lbs. with no other changes in my routine. Beef chicken fish...use cauliflower for mashed potatoes, etc.

No pizza, no pasta, no rice except brown, no potatoes, except sweet potatoes.

Feel better, no inflammation, BP down.


35 posted on 07/06/2016 6:42:42 AM PDT by NOVACPA
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To: grania

And it makes zero difference.

Carbs have zero essential dietary component and your 100% whole organic wheat still drives an insulin response.


36 posted on 07/06/2016 6:47:34 AM PDT by zek157
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To: Olog-hai

Reminds me of a report from a major university several years ago touting the benefits of broccoli.

A few months later, I saw another report from the agri department at that major university touting how their production of crops on school acreage benefits the university. Guess what their major crop is.


37 posted on 07/06/2016 6:47:40 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: elcid1970

The Sharpton diet... LOVE it!!!

Yep, avoiding white rice, white flour in anything and white sugar seems to be as close to a useful generalization regarding diet as anything I’ve yet seen.


38 posted on 07/06/2016 7:01:35 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Better questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.)
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To: zek157
100% whole organic wheat still drives an insulin response

With a carefully balanced and low calorie (1100-1200 calories a day), lots of walking, I do just fine. I think a lot of it depends on ones hereditary make up.

39 posted on 07/06/2016 7:06:50 AM PDT by grania
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To: Olog-hai

Sadly that study is flawed and too many carbs will add weight. I love the pasta once a week. Every other night meat and veggies.


40 posted on 07/06/2016 7:20:18 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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