Surprisingly, eating regular white pasta caused a smaller spike in blood sugar than eating whole-grain pasta, pasta with beans, or pasta with lemon juice.

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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 regular white pasta made people’s blood sugar drop the most, not the whole-grain version — which means the claim that whole-grain pasta doesn’t help control blood sugar better than regular pasta 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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