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0 pointswarinukraine3y ago0 comments

> it's heathier than pasta

Would you care to expand on what this means?

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quadrature3y ago

Also curious about this, rice (atleast white rice) has a higher glycemic index than pasta.

thefz3y ago

Apologies, I should have specified brown rice. Pretty high on the scale but not as high as pasta.

GoldenMonkey3y ago

The tradeoff is that brown rice will have 50 percent more arsenic. Than white rice.

And rice has 10x’s the arsenic of other grains.

warinukraineOP3y ago

I'm convinced that saying "is healthier" on the basis of a one-dimensional score, is pretty much meaningless.

cableshaft3y ago

If 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-bloo...

philwelch3y ago

If you were going to have spaghetti, but instead you had spaghetti sauce on rice, I think it would come out to fewer calories.

ajot3y ago

Also, wheat generally has a little bit more protein than rice. Whole wheat spaghetti is my carbs of choice nowadays.

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