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Pasta, sugar, rice and bread.......
Weight & Wellness / 4:16 PM - Saturday February 11, 2012

Pasta, sugar, rice and bread.......

We have been told that eating these 'white' products are bad for us..... do you eat white pasta, sugar, rice and bread? Or do you substitute healthier options?

Our family does still eat them, but---only part of the time.

Update: February 11, 2012.
Wow...thanks for ALL the responses. Food is serious business!! :)

- Asked by bobbysg1rl, Female, 36-45, Pittsburgh, Medical / Dental

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I eat whole wheat pasta,no sugar at all,brown rice and whole grain bread. They all taste better anyway. Splenda et al taste as good as sugar to me.

- Response by llafsroh, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 46-55, Boston, Science / Engineering

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If it didn't DIE, I don't eat it.

Dead animal parts are a favorite.

- Response by fehkarfight, A Couch Potato, Male, 46-55, Who Cares?

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My fav white product is a 2-legged muffin....ijs

- Response by chessplayer, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 36-45, Administrative

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I don't use sugar at all and pasta I eat once in while not to much and the same with rice to.

- Response by pawbuddys, Female, 46-55

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I eat breasd. How can pasta be bad? You know everything has sugar in it well hard to escape.

- Response by twilightzone85, A Mr. Nice Guy, Male, 26-28, Milwaukee, Food Service

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I am 39 and eat what ever I want, drink a lot of alcohol, and only weigh 186 and am 5'9" tall. I work out frequently and am very active. My cholesterol is only 130. It is not what you eat, but what you do. Eating too much will make you fat and unhealthy but if you exercise frequently and eat what you want, but not to excess, it does not matter.


- Response by usmc28621991, A Mr. Married Guy, Male, 36-45, Dallas, Technical

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Don't eat pasta anymore,
Don't eat sugar anymore,
Never ate white rice - Yechhhh,
Eat only whole grain like 12 grain bread, tastes much betterer....


- Response by rafiki910, A Mr. Nice Guy, Male, Who Cares?, Boston, Body Work

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Strangely, I crave sugar for energy.
I can be barely moving, and let me have something with sugar and I become filled with natural energy.
I love pasta, and also eat rice and bread.

- Response by kismet331, Female, 36-45

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bread is energy, we all should 2 pieces of bread in the morning with breakfast. Sugar and rice and pasta are not on my diet!

- Response by argie, Female, Who Cares?, Boston, Who Cares?

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No wheat (it's been so hybridized, it's no longer a natural food source), no sugar and no corn or corn byproducts ( which is often in many food products without you realizing it) ... Consider all to be toxic to the body. Any pasta made from wheat products also on this list.

Whole rice is the best, highly digestible. You should, also, consider changing your diet to prevent eating foods with different digestion rates - like eating vegetables with similar coloring which will digest at the same rate - aiding digestion and helps prevent gastro illnesses.

- Response by wetwired, Female, 26-28, New York, Consulting

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I try to avoid white carbs as well as sugar and dairy. I do like whole grain breads, but don't care for the whole grain type of pasta and rice, so I gave it up altogether.

My diet has become very restrictive lately.

- Response by snowbear08, Female, 36-45, Pittsburgh, Who Cares?

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Grains in general and refined grains in particular are not what our bodies evolved to consume. For 99% of human existence, we've consumed meat, preferably with lots of fat, along with berries and nuts and some vegetables. Most of the fruit we have today has been hybridized for maximum fructose, so it's not exactly an improvement.

- Response by chesterdad, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 56-65, San Francisco

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I eat a lot of pasta. They provide complex carbohydrates and that is a good thing.

I only use sugar with iced tea and I use real sugar when I use it. One teaspoon of real sugar (something natural that my body can matabolize) is better than an teaspoon of artificial chemicals that artificial sweetners provide.

I eat rice, but alway with something healthy on top of it. and I eat a lot of bread but always whole wheat.



- Response by randyl, A Working Gal, Female, 36-45, Los Angeles, Who Cares?

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I try to substitute them for whole grains or other healthier options as much as I can - but I'm not super strict about it.
It IS possible to lose or maintain weight while still enjoying a little bit of white carb indulgence. People have done it for years. Carbs and carb type matter, but more important is the overall calorie intake to calorie burn ratio. If you're sedentary but eating too many whole grain, protein or other "ideal" calories, you're not going to be in good shape.


- Response by uniquelyme2, Female, 46-55, Artist / Musician / Writer

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I eat that stuff yes. My family lives long (I still have two grandparents alive), and they all ate food like that. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

- Response by wakeforester, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 36-45

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I eat them but I limit it all.

- Response by frenchkiss49, Female, 56-65, Tampa, Who Cares?

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I wish i didn't...

- Response by michellekia, Female, 29-35, St.Louis, Other Profession

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Yes, I eat over-refined carbs. Sadly, it's what's affordable.

- Response by myrtletyrtle, Female, 46-55, Who Cares?

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I do eat those things when I want them, but not regularly. In moderation all things.

- Response by girldownunder, Female, 29-35, Sydney, Medical / Dental

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