Any positive nutritional value of pasta? - Health, Fitness, and Sports

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1000Knives Lonely Rolling Star Joined: Jul 09, 2011 Age: 21 Posts: 1954	Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:53 pm?? ?Post subject: If you need carbs, personally I prefer whole wheat or Ezekiel (multi-grain sprouted) pasta. But potatoes imo are better for carbs, lower GI index. But, nutrition is quite a variable subject. Yeah, carby foods like that are good, IF you're doing a sport requiring a lot of endurance, ie, endurance running, OR if you're more type I (slow twitch) muscle fibers, as those muscles are fueled by glucose. Type II muscle fibers, or fast twitch, are fueled by creatine, which normally comes from meats. Fast twitch is like, weightlifting, plyometric jumps, etc. I've kinda researched this today, I pretty much had no carbs today aside from whatever's in cabbage/veggies, and I did sweet in my lifts. Why? Because meat contains creatine, which fuels the fast twitch muscles, and I'm probably a good deal of fast twitch muscle. One way you can know if you're fast twitch or slow twitch is calf muscles. If you got huge calves without working them out, then you're naturally more fast twitch, as the calf muscles are worked out walking. In the 1700s in fact, calf muscles used to be like biceps basically are today, girls would look at guy's calf muscles, and guys would put pads in their socks to make it look like they had huge calf muscles. It was a correlation of "this guy has huge calf muscles, he'll be awesome working in the field." Muscle makeup is basically genetic, though, and sorta hard to change through exercise (if it can be at all is debatable) so most people just naturally gravitate toward sports that prefer their muscle types. So, the answer is...depends. I'd say don't eat white pasta, it's garbage, though. _________________ The world would be such a better place if fish don't have bones. Imagine munching on fish like burgers without having to pin-pick it. - Frank Yang http://tiny.cc/i2cdgw - Youtube playlist I put together.
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ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo cloth Joined: Jun 19, 2008 Posts: 7176 Location: Grackle Capitol	Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:20 pm?? ?Post subject: Dauthrsbane wrote: ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote: Dauthrsbane wrote: It spikes your blood sugar more than sugar itself and contains chemicals which bind to minerals (iron, for example) and prevent your body from absorbing them. No, the fiber in the whole grains does not slow down the absorption enough to make it better than sugar. On top of all that many people also have a sensitivity to gluten and other similar compounds. Go with potatoes instead. I've heard pasta just turns into sugar in the body. I have heard the same thing about potatoes, too, because of the starchiness. Yes but potatoes don't have significant amounts of phytic acid. This means that the minerals in potatoes actually make it into your body. Also if the op is gluten sensitive (the latest headlines that I've seen state that 30% of people are, I'm not sure if that is accurate) then potatoes won't do nearly as much harm as pasta would. True, if given the choice between those two, potatoes are best but if he is on a diet or trying to lose weight, my advice is to avoid both potatoes and pasta. Any kind of fruit juice, too. Also, do not ingest artificial sweeteners as they block the metabolism of fat.
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Dauthrsbane Tufted Titmouse Joined: Jun 21, 2012 Posts: 37	Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:36 pm?? ?Post subject: ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote: Dauthrsbane wrote: ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote: Dauthrsbane wrote: It spikes your blood sugar more than sugar itself and contains chemicals which bind to minerals (iron, for example) and prevent your body from absorbing them. No, the fiber in the whole grains does not slow down the absorption enough to make it better than sugar. On top of all that many people also have a sensitivity to gluten and other similar compounds. Go with potatoes instead. I've heard pasta just turns into sugar in the body. I have heard the same thing about potatoes, too, because of the starchiness. Yes but potatoes don't have significant amounts of phytic acid. This means that the minerals in potatoes actually make it into your body. Also if the op is gluten sensitive (the latest headlines that I've seen state that 30% of people are, I'm not sure if that is accurate) then potatoes won't do nearly as much harm as pasta would. True, if given the choice between those two, potatoes are best but if he is on a diet or trying to lose weight, my advice is to avoid both potatoes and pasta. Any kind of fruit juice, too. Also, do not ingest artificial sweeteners as they block the metabolism of fat. I'll agree with that. I think he was just looking for general information on them though, not asking if they are good for weight loss.
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