New year, new you, new diet. It’s a familiar aftertaste. One popular diet technique is creating a food blacklist. It’s common to give up “carbs” and processed foods. This may mean avoiding supermarket staples such as pasta.
But do we really need to ban pasta to improve our diet?
This is what we call a reductionist approach to nutrition, describing foods based on just one of their primary ingredients. Pasta isn’t just about carbs.1 cup (about 145 grams) of boiled pasta contains about Carbs 38g, 7.7g protein, 0.6g fat. In addition, it contains all the moisture that is absorbed from cooking, as well as plenty of vitamins and minerals.
“But pasta is mostly carbs!” I hear you cry. This is true, but it’s not the whole story. You have to think about context.
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you probably know that Recommendation How much energy (kilojoules or calories) should you eat per day. These recommendations are based on your size, gender, and physical activity. But you may not be aware that there are also recommendations for the profile of this energy-supplying macronutrient (or food type).
Fats, carbohydrates, and proteins are macronutrients. Macronutrients are broken down in the body to produce energy for the body.
Acceptable range of distribution of macronutrients State the ratio or percentage of macronutrients that provide this energy. These ranges have been set by experts based on health outcomes and models of healthy eating. They aim to have enough of each macro, but not too much. Eating too much or too little of any kind of food can affect your health.
The ratios are also designed to ensure that we get enough of the vitamins and minerals that accompany the energy of the foods we normally eat. % must be taken from fat.
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Macronutrient ratios mean that consuming 1.2 to 6.5 times more carbohydrates than protein per day is good for health.
Pasta has a carbohydrate to protein ratio of 38g to 7.7g, which corresponds to a roughly 5:1 ratio and is within the acceptable macronutrient distribution range. This means that pasta actually contains enough protein to balance the carbs. Wheat is another source of protein, 20% of your protein intake Globally.
