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> it's heathier than pasta Would you care to expand on what this means?
by warinukraine 4y ago
> it's heathier than pasta
Would you care to expand on what this means?
- quadrature 4y agoAlso curious about this, rice (atleast white rice) has a higher glycemic index than pasta.
- thefz 4y agoApologies, I should have specified brown rice. Pretty high on the scale but not as high as pasta.
- warinukraine 4y agoI'm convinced that saying "is healthier" on the basis of a one-dimensional score, is pretty much meaningless.
- cableshaft 4y agoIf you're diabetic or pre-diabetic, then the glycemic index matters quite a bit. I know someone that pretty much can't eat rice at all (or only very small servings of it) because she's diabetic and it spikes her blood sugar to pretty dangerous levels, 280+ mg/dL from it (she can tell because she has a continuous blood glucose monitor), for example, whereas she doesn't get as bad of a spike with pasta. And: "According to the University of Michigan, blood sugar levels of 300 mg/dL or more can be dangerous. They recommend calling a doctor if you have two readings in a row of 300 or more."[1] [1]: https://www.healthline.com/health/diabetes/how-to-lower-blood-sugar-quickly-emergency https://www.healthline.com/health/diabetes/how-to-lower-bloo...
- GoldenMonkey 4y agoThe tradeoff is that brown rice will have 50 percent more arsenic. Than white rice. And rice has 10x’s the arsenic of other grains.
- ajot 4y agoAlso, wheat generally has a little bit more protein than rice. Whole wheat spaghetti is my carbs of choice nowadays.
- philwelch 4y agoIf you were going to have spaghetti, but instead you had spaghetti sauce on rice, I think it would come out to fewer calories.