Pasta is no longer off the menu, after a new review of studies suggested that
the carbohydrate can form part of a healthy diet, and even help people lose weight.
For years, nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a 26 , to cut calories,
prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar 27 up.
The low-carbohydrate food movement gave birth to such diets as the Atkins,
Paleo and Keto, which advised swapping foods like bread, pasta and potatoes for vegetables,
fish and meat. More recently the trend of swapping spaghetti for vegetables
has been 28 by clean-eating experts.
But now a 29 review and analysis of 30 studies by Canadian researchers found that
not only does pasta not cause weight gain, but three meals a week
can help people drop more than half a kilogram over four months.
The reviewers found that pasta had been unfairly demonized
because it had been 30 in with other, more ft-promoting carbohydrates.
“The study found that pasta didn’t 3 to weight gain or increase in body fat,”
said lead author Dr John Sievenpiper. “In 32 the evidence,
we can now say with some confidence that pasta does not have an 33 effect on body weigh
outcomes when it is consumed as part of a healthy dietary pattern.” In fact,
analysis actually showed a small weigh loss 34 to concerns.
perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy diet
Those involved in the 35 trials on average ate 3.3 servings of pasta a week instead of
other carbohydrates, one serving equaling around half a cup. They lost around half a
kilogram over an average follow-up of 12 weeks