diet stuff question? sciency? idk?
@J oh hey my diabetic ass actually knows this
basically whole wheat aims to give you a more complex carb.
carbohydrates are like the first bits your body can digest and go most immediately to blood sugar. some are really 'quick' - sucrose, glucose, that kinda shit, sugar basically - others take more time to be broken down. this means your blood sugar doesn't spike up and then 'crash' as much
diet stuff question? sciency? idk?
@J if you've ever felt kinda sleepy or draggy after eating, say, a bunch of white rice, or a bunch of regular pasta, or just the post-sugar-rush bluh, what's happened there is that your body went "oh shit! a lot of simple little carbs! let's pump out some insulin to get 'em in there!", then it ran out of simple carbs to do that on, and so you end up feeling super bluch.
so whole wheat pasta can kinda help moderate that and keep it more even!
diet stuff question? sciency? idk?
@J like this shit really gets you if you're diabetic, but even normal people can be like "well i do feel a little gross after that", so yeah, eat some protein with your carbs you'll probably feel better
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diet stuff question? sciency? idk?
@J more important tho is to chuck in some protein along with any carb. protein is what your body breaks down the slowest. basically if you get your body all excited with some carbs, also give it some protein so that it also has something to do after that so you don't end up feeling hella ick.
this makes more sense in a graph hold on - i can't write on a mouse lmfao but hopefully this makes more sense