The Pasta is a set of prepared food with a dough (fresh or dry) whose basic ingredient is wheat flour, semolina, rice flour or integral, mixed with water, that can be added salt and other ingredients, so that a product is formed that is usually boiled in boiling water.
Also Other ingredients can be added to an option:
- Egg: Gives your consistency.
- Vegetables or vegetables: they offer vitamins, minerals and many times color.
- Protein supplements: soybeans, milk, etc. They are the so -called reinforced pasta.
- Vitamin and mineral supplements: they are the pastas that are called enriched.
In Spain it is one of the favorite dishes of many people And it is usually taken with a kind of sauce (tomato, tuna, boloñesa, etc.) in salad mixed with various vegetables, in soups and stews and in a wide range of preparations.
Eat pasta to have a healthy life
Pasta Eating improves the metabolic risk factors compared to refined bread, bread or riceAccording to a study by the University of Rovira I Virgili (URV) and the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV) based on the followers of 6,000 adults with a metabolic syndrome for two years.
According to researchers, Cereals, sugary drinks, bread, refined rice or potatoes are foods that are rich in fast absorption cabbage hydrates who produce a sudden increase in glucose and blood insulin levels that reduce appetite, fat deposits and energy losses, and this promotes obesity and makes it difficult to use glucose at the cellular level.
On the other hand, although it is also a food that is rich in carbohydrates, has a unique structure that allows these hydrates to absorb more slowly, causing a moderate glycemic response. «When the pasta is ‘al dente’ to the degree of cookingThe glycemic index is even lower and this would prevent it from being produced overly glycemic response after consumption, ”show the authors of the study.
The researchers evaluated 6,000 people with a high risk of cardiovascular disease that were included in a Weight allocation and discovered that those who used most often had a higher reduction of body weightAs well as the body mass and perimeter index of the waist after two years of study.
«In addition, replace white bread, white rice or potatoes with equivalent pasta rations associated with a greater reduction of the same parameters and With an improvement of blood pressure and HDL cholesterol“, They explain. EFE / ECOTICIA.COM