Rice and Pasta

[Babyfaced Assassin]

Just a quick q about rice and pasta

Why are they given a bad rep as good carbs when they are comparable to oatmeal on the GI?

Granted it's easier to over eat them but lets say you maticulously measure things out
are tehy so bad?

Thanks

 

[faller]

I was thinking white rice and white pasta had a high GI? Brown rice and whole grain pasta are good though.

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

Long Grain Rice:
mean of 10 studies 56±2 150 23

Rice, white high-amylose
294 Bangladeshi rice variety BR16 (28% amylose) 37 150 14
Bangladeshi rice variety BR16, white, long-grain (27% amylose), boiled 17.5 min 39 150 15
mean of two studies 38 150 15


Basmati
Basmati, white, boiled (Mahatma brand, Sydney, NSW, Australia) 58±8 150 22
Precooked basmati rice in pouch, white, reheated in microwave, Uncle Ben's Express ® 57±4 150 24
(Masterfoods. Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK)
Quick cooking white basmati, cooked 10 min, Uncle Ben's Superior (Masterfoods Olen, Belgium) 60±5 150 23


Rice, brown
Brown (Canada) 66±5 150 21
Brown, steamed (USA) 5 50 150 16
Brown (Oriza Sativa), boiled (South India) 5 50±19 150 16
mean of three studies 55±5 150 18

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

so really there's not muich between them but fiber in the brown

 

[faller]

assuming i am reading that correctly, youre right.

 

[mrzap]

I think it is moreso the fact that small portions of rice and pasta are loaded with carbs. As a result, people eat a plateful and don't realize how many carbs they are consuming.

Maybe the extra fiber and less processing makes you feel more full and keeps you that way long.

 

[anthrax]

If you put butter, mayo or sweet and fat sauce on rice or pasta it can be a "deadly" meal

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

i agreeanthrax thus dont add extra fat to rice
but eating it with say chicken breast is very nice