After eating whole-grain pasta, the body burned fewer calories digesting the meal than after eating pasta with beans, even though both meals had the same number of calories.

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Whole-grain pasta reduces appetite and meal-induced thermogenesis acutely: a pilot study.

Randomized Controlled Trial

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2016 Mar

The study found that eating whole-grain pasta made the body burn fewer calories after the meal compared to eating pasta with legumes—even though both had the same number of calories—so the claim is correct.

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Whole-grain pasta reduces appetite and meal-induced thermogenesis acutely: a pilot study.

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DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2015-0446

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Pasta with beans made the body burn more calories digesting the meal than whole-grain pasta, probably because beans have more protein.

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