The Claim
The addition of tomato sauce to cooled and reheated pasta does not significantly alter the glycemic response in adults with type 1 diabetes.
What the research says
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Adding tomato sauce to cooled and reheated pasta does not change how much blood sugar rises after eating it in adults with type 1 diabetes.
See the scientific wording
The glycemic response to cooled/reheated pasta in adults with type 1 diabetes is not significantly altered by the addition of tomato sauce, suggesting that the food matrix of a simple carbohydrate meal with low fat and protein content is sufficient to observe the resistant starch effect.
When pasta is cooled and then reheated, the starch inside changes structure and becomes hard for digestive enzymes to break down. This means less sugar is released from the food as it passes through the gut, so blood sugar rises more slowly and stays lower after eating.
What the research says
1 studyChilling and reheating pasta lowers blood sugar spikes, and this study shows that happens even without adding sauce or other ingredients — so the benefit comes from the pasta’s starch changing shape, not from what’s mixed in.
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