Pasta is an excellent source of carbohydrate. As pasta is made from flour it is high in starch which makes it a carbohydrate food.
Human get energy from carbohydrate and pasta is particularly healthy source.
If we eat a large plate of pasta at lunch, most of us will hardly be able to stay awake at 3.30 pm.
The carbohydrates in the past have triggered a rapid release of insulin into bloodstream, which drives blood glucose levels down.
We are sleepy because of a significant drop in brain function that resulted form a diminished supply of blood glucose.
Carbohydrate are made solely of rings of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. The number and structure of the rings determine the type of carbohydrate.
Simple carbohydrates contain one or two rings, and complex carbohydrate contain many. And pasta is a concentrated source of complex carbohydrate.
Carbohydrate in Pasta
Sunday, February 13, 2011
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