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Pasta from legume flour

cz_dave

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
I find that normal pasta makes it quite hard to control my BS. At the same time I really love pasta. Recently I have discovered pasta made from legumes. There are different brands, I found an Italian producer that makes pasta from red lentil flour and and green peas. Both are delicious.

Compared to normal pasta, it has less carbs and more protein. In 100g there are ca. 50g of carbs. I typically use just 50g-70g of pasta for my meals. So, there are still carbs obviously but it does not cause that BS spike like normal pasta, so I am really excited about it.
 

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Sounds great - where do you buy this from?
 
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No harm in asking Wholefoods, health shops and Italian delicatessens to stock it!
 
Also black bean and soya bean spaghetti in Holland and Barrett.
 
I am also coeliac. Is this flour gluten free?
 
Lentils and chickpeas are good for you! I buy organic humous.
 
I have packets and packets of GF pasta from supermarkets and it tastes like floppy cardboard (not that I eat much cardboard)
 
Given your love of pasta and the general preference here what are your blood sugars like?
 
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