New Study: Eating Pasta Linked To Lower Weight, Smaller Waist Size

New big study out of Italy:

Association Of Pasta Consumption With Body Mass Index And Waist-to-hip Ratio: Results From Moli-sani And INHES Studies, Nutrition and Diabetes, Online 4 July 2016

This study for the first time has observed a negative association of pasta consumption and central and overall obesity in a large sample of Mediterranean population. … The comparative assessment of two different epidemiological datasets and the similarities revealed in the studied associations provide reliability and support to the present results.

Conclusions: As a traditional component of [the Mediterranean Diet], pasta consumption was negatively associated with BMI, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio and with a lower prevalence of overweight and obesity.

It’s nice to have a big study reinforce what we already know: Eating starch makes us lean and healthy.

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Bix Post authorJuly 7, 2016 at 7:09 am

A contributing factor here is probably resistant starch … pasta has a lot of it, especially cold pasta. Resistant starch feeds bacteria in colon, creating beneficial microbiome there. Also reducing risk for diabetes.

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