Pasta; Bad?
So Im reading the "Abs Diet" book I bought and it says eating high carb foods such as pasta can be easily turned into sugar and become bad for you.
Is this true? I used to eat pasta ALL THE TIME for dinner. I know eat it once or twice a weak for my high carb days (dinner). My goal is to lean out, I have lots of lingering fat and look too soft for my liking.
But the pasta I buy is Barilla pasta which is "better" for you. So should I drop pasta? What could I replace it with?
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05-07-2008, 07:23 PM #2IFPA Professional
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pasta is a great carb source, it's just more carb dense than other foods. as long as you know what you're taking in, it's fine
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05-07-2008, 07:24 PM #3Registered User
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You could replace it with fiberous veggies. Both filling and not that calorie dense.
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05-07-2008, 07:24 PM #4Banned
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Pasta is a lower GI carb then other things out there like brown rice and WW bread, it gets a bad rap because of how caloric dense it is, also if pasta is eatn by itself yes it could be bad and spike insulin a bit, but with a complete meal the Gi is irrelevant,
eat ur damn pasta.
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05-07-2008, 07:36 PM #5Motivator
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Originally Posted by LayzieBone085
and lots of it!
Pasta besides oatmeal is probably my main carb source.
#1 its cheap as ****!
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I guess thats good to know. I see allot of people who are lean and cut who never eat pasta. Looks like its working for them
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eat whole wheat pasta taste just as good.. .
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i've been eating pasta throughout my entire contest prepOriginally Posted by drunkenmaster11
my glutes are striated
just hit your macros
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05-07-2008, 08:04 PM #9un scronnying
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it is one of the best carbs you can eat!
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