Who Loves Pasta? Raise your Hand!

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Everyone loves Pasta dishes. Pasta dishes with its different recipes and sauces to offer then topped with grated cheese or toppings that you really crave for.

Pasta is made from an unleavened dough of a wheat flour mixed with water and for into different shapes. It is cooked and served in different recipes from different regions. If you want to make your own pasta, flour from cereals or you can used grains and use eggs instead of water.

Different Pasta Sauces:

For Spaghetti, Tomato Sauce

•  Tomatoes contain Lycopene, an antioxidants that is good for our body. It reduces the risk of having cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

• Vitamin C, Potassium, Folate which helps us in maintaining healthy cells.
• Meat with vegetable Sauce

• Made with real beef, pork or bacon. You can enjoy the meaty taste in a healthier version. Use lean beef for Protein, and add vegetables such as mushroom, celery, carrots and bell peppers for more nutrients.

• Contains fiber, potassium, vitamins and antioxidants

Alfredo Sauce Spaghetti

•     Alfredo is usually made with a heavy cream laden. To create a lighter version used non fat milk.

•       Milk has calcium for stronger bones and teeth, potassium and phosphorus.

Pesto Sauce Spaghetti

•   The main ingredient is Basil, basil benefits us because it is full flavenoids, and it has antioxidant that helps us fight against heart disease and cancer.

•  It has volatile oil with anti inflammatory and anti bacterial agents.

•    Basil also provides magnesium and beta carotene

Meat and Vegetables

Pesto Sauce

Tomato Sauce Spaghetti

Alfredo Sauce

Pasta Health Benefits:

• Low in Fat- many people who is conscious about their diet, they should pasta it’s a good choice if you are following a low-fat diet. Pasta is very low in saturated fat. Too much saturated fat can affect your hart health

• Carbohydrates are the essential body fuel that gives us energy. Eating a carbohydrates rich food is a good choice for athletes.

• Vitamin A promotes healthy vision, skin and bone growth.  Vitamin A helps maintaining the integrity of our mucous membrane.

• Folic Acid is good for the brain.  Folic Acid is good for pregnant mothers because it can prevent birth defects. Folic Acid also prevents megaloblastic anemia.

• High in Potassium- Potassium supports our proper muscle function. Potassium is needed for our cardio- vascular health

• Pasta meal helps lower the glycemic index of a meal

•    Pasta when mixed with other ingredients such as cheese, sauce, meatballs, beans, fish these added ingredient can lower the glycemic index of pasta- based meal.

• Pasta can be a good choice for those who have Diabetes

•  Grain-based food such as pasta and oats with lower glycemic index is beneficial to people with Diabetes

• Pasta reduces the risk of having Breast cancer

• Pasta is a low glycemic food that cannot affect in having Breast cancer because food with high glycemic index can result in having breast cancer.

• Pasta can lower the risk of having Type 2 Diabetes

•  Pasta can be included to the dietary management of an individual with Type 2 Diabetes

• Pasta does not lead to abdominal obesity

•  Eating pasta and low fat milk can help distributing fats in our hips not in our waist.

 Pasta is also used in some famous diets that are used globally. The Mediterranean Diet which pasta is one of the foods they usually included in their diet. According to some research that Mediterranean Diet is help in increasing the lifespan one someone who develops Alzheimer’s disease.

Whole grain pasta can provide a lot more health benefits that are good for our body.  

Whole Grain pasta when mixed to other ingredients with high nutrients can be beneficiary to fight against heart disease, Type 2 Diabetes and strokes.

Pasta meals are enjoyed in every part in the world. Every culture has their different dishes to offer. Pasta is a meal that can be enjoyed by children up to the elderly ones.