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Is pasta considered 'clean' carbs? I ask because I absolutely love pasta and I eat it all the time! It seems to have a fairly high protein content in it too. Could it be included in a high protein/low carb diet or should I restrict my carbs mainly to vegetables and fruit?
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Bananas are frucose and glucose. You want glucose and glucose. LOL! White rice or any other starch is a glucose polymer - that's what you want here.Built, correct me if I'm wrong, or if I misread your post. Wouldn't it be optimal to have protein and a simple carbohydrate (banana) post workout for best results. Then, maybe an hour later have your: "white or brown rice, oats, white pasta."
From the above read, it sounds like your saying post workout should be white or brown rice, oats, etc...I would think oats pre workout would be ideal, since they're high GI and will get you through your workout. Although, your first paragraph states, carbs that are slower to digest, stuff that's higher in fibre and that has fewer calories for the volume, are not your first choice by a long shot if the object is post workout glucose!
Wouldn't this be the same with brown rice, white pasta, etc...?
I'm not attacking you, just trying to understand and wonder if i read this correctly.
I assume this pasta will have some alfredo sauce mixed in (which is fantastic) and it's best to avoid fat after lifting. You want high protein and a simple carb.
Other way around. White pasta is PERFECT for immediately post workout.Basically, white pasta is fine within the individuals caloric needs...(Everything is) The idea is to make sure your getting the requirements for your goals. If your lifting weights, eat 1g-1.5g of protein per LBM and try to get in essential fatty acids throughout the day. As long as you meet your desired protein and EFA requirements, I see nothing wrong with having some white pasta...
Just make sure the rest of your meals are on target and DO NOT have white pasta immediately post workout.
Wait maybe an hour or two...I assume this pasta will have some alfredo sauce mixed in (which is fantastic) and it's best to avoid fat after lifting. You want high protein and a simple carb.
No problem with pizza post workout. If you hit your macros, you're fine.Basically, what I'm saying is make a smart choice after weight training...Don't go to the gym, then head over to a pizza buffet...lol
White rice and normal pasta are glucose polymers I believe which are close enough to just glucose. In the end you're really just spinning your wheels if you're THAT worried about banana vs white rice, the important thing is to get it in.
Bananas are frucose and glucose. You want glucose and glucose. LOL! White rice or any other starch is a glucose polymer - that's what you want here.
Now, the world will NOT come screeching to a halt if you have a BANANA post workout. But if we're splitting hairs, the banana is technically "unclean" in your world. White rice or white pasta would be "clean" here.
White pasta, white starch, dextrose: this stuff is "fast" carb
Brown rice, oatmeal, sweet potatoes: "slower" carb.
Fruit: "dirty" carb. Kinda. LOL!
I'd consume fruit preworkout; starches and glucose polymers, dextrose, malto, waxy maize etc post workout.
Does this help at all? Please don't sweat this shit. It's not THAT big of a deal if you're adequately nourished, okay?
Does it really make THAT much of a difference, though? I mean, by the time you eat it with meat etc, it kinda slows down anyway, doesn't it?
i like pasta. this weekend i had some meat tortellini. i didn't manage to gain body fat though. it was really weird? i thought that would happen.
I am also on hour number 21 of my intermittent fast - my muscles have not turned to dust yet and my body has not gone into "starvation mode". WEIRD!
patrick
Any links for this P?
i like pasta. this weekend i had some meat tortellini. i didn't manage to gain body fat though. it was really weird? i thought that would happen.
I am also on hour number 21 of my intermittent fast - my muscles have not turned to dust yet and my body has not gone into "starvation mode". WEIRD!
patrick
i like pasta. this weekend i had some meat tortellini. i didn't manage to gain body fat though. it was really weird? i thought that would happen.
I am also on hour number 21 of my intermittent fast - my muscles have not turned to dust yet and my body has not gone into "starvation mode". WEIRD!
patrick
It is sometimes hard to distinguish your sense of humour vs being serious P.
I struggle to understand how a weekend of pasta would translate to fat gain & 21 hours of fast would turn your muscles to dust with or without this starvation diet 1-2 days per week.
In Australia, we would say are you 'taking the piss' - not sure if that is understood in the US - ie are you being serious?