healthy harvest pasta

[calveless wonder]

Anyone seen this stuff? Its brown pasta but is it really whole wheat? It says "whole wheat blend" which sounds a little fishy to me. Anyone know what teh deal with this stuff is...

 

[Boulder257]

Healthy Harvest pasta is a blend of whole wheat flour and durum wheat semolina. It is not all wheat, but it is not as bad for you as the alternative.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Right, its as Boulder stated, and I've eaten it a number of times. Just bear in mind that whole wheat is a moderate GI carb. Alot of bodybuilders refer to whole wheat, brown rice, ect as low GI, when they are not.

 

[sawastea]

durum spaghetti has a 78 GI index
brown rice has a 79 GI index

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Thanks for the exact numbers, I didn't have them handy, knew they we between 70 and 80 though.

 

[sawastea]

reference:

http://optimalhealth.cia.com.au/gi17.html

 

[calveless wonder]

according to that it says fettucine is 42 on the GI index???wtf

it also says the 1 minute kind brown nice which i use is about 10 lower than regular brown rice.

doesnt sound right

 

[Boulder257]

instant rices usually contain higher amounts of starches and simple carbs since they are partially ready to eat. That is how they are instant. As for the fettucini, I am not sure.

 

[calveless wonder]

instant rices usually contain higher amounts of starches and simple carbs since they are partially ready to eat

i agree with you....but regular br own rice is 79 and the instant rice is 68 which is why i doubt this is accurate