“The pasta is not fattening”, legend or truth?

My questions to the experts ...

                             Says the Prof. Nicola Sorrentino

Good. You. Digestible. And so easy to prepare. The pasta, Star unchallenged the Mediterranean diet is popular all over the world.

Not only are the great chefs who compete with our most famous national dish… even ordinary people have discovered its culinary versatility. Always delicious with tomato and basil, or oil with garlic and chilli, or with the Ligurian pesto… the combinations are endless and condiments!

The vegetables,  healthy eating stronghold,  It enhances the flavor, digestibility and lightness.  Eggplant, peas, this, turnip greens, zucchini or broccoli. Here are just a few examples of vegetables that can make original and always different the usual pasta dish. Not to mention tasty and unusual pairings with fish sauce, or meat, or with vegetarian sauces for special and always healthy dishes.

• But what gives us the dough from the nutritional point of view?

It’ low in fat, rich in carbohydrates, and is the main source of energy for our body. Eaten three hours before exercise increases the available glucose and improves performance.

“The pasta gets well and makes you fat!”

If we carry out an active lifestyle and moderate physical activity, the paste also increases our dynamism and it turns into fat deposits.

Also This precious food is also acting against our mood. It is no coincidence, after eating a tasty pasta dish we feel more serene:  about the triptofano, an amino acid that increases after the intake of simple or complex carbohydrates, and has the power to act on the mood centers stimulating the production of serotonin (neurotransmitter effective in depressive).Of course, if the dish is served with heavy sauces and processed that strain the liver and require lengthy digestion is not assured sense of serenity and well-being.

So go ahead to the dough if we maintain the lightness without excessively increasing the caloric value!