Weekly Nutrition Tip #1

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I plan to post one nutrition tip each week for the next 27 weeks.  We will start things off with a tip about pasta.

Tip #1
Eat Pasta… Carefully
by Dr. John Berardi

As a God-fearing Italian, I have to admit that I love pasta. But, as a gut-fearing weight lifter and athlete, I definitely have to choose the lower GI, nutrient dense whole-wheat variety. During training phases that require or allow for higher carbohydrate intake (higher volume training) I’ll eat one whole-wheat pasta meal per day. During other phases (like where I’m trying to lose fat), the pasta stays on the shelf in favor of a higher lean protein, good fat, and fruit and veggie intake.

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I love the multi-grain pastas and use them only, or Artichoke Pasta if we must have a white pasta.

But did learn when taking classes on cooking for diabetics, that if you cook “regular” just enough so that it is still firm but not hard (el dante?), not soft, not as much of the carbs will be absorbed…and of course, there’s portion control :-)

Claudia L. Meydrech, CN

Comment by Claudia a/k/a Happy Nutritionist on February 7, 2008 @ 9:35 am

Great comments Claudia. I did not realize that about cooking pasta el dente. That is very interesting.

Comment by Mike on February 7, 2008 @ 2:08 pm

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