Pasta makes you lose weight. But only in Italy :(
The love of pasta was called safe for the figure
Oleg Lischuk, N+1
Italian scientists have come to the conclusion that the use of pasta, contrary to popular belief, does not increase, but reduces the body mass index and has a beneficial effect on other metabolic parameters. The study report is published in the journal Nutrition and Diabetes (Pounis et al., Association of pasta consumption with body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio: results from Moli-sani and INHES studies).
The staff of the Mediterranean Neurological Institute Neuromed in Pozzilli analyzed the data of more than 23 thousand adult participants in the cohort population studies Moli-sani and INHES (Italian Nutrition & HEalth Survey). Their eating habits were assessed according to the questionnaire of the European Prospective Cancer and Nutrition Research (EPIC) and the set of foods consumed in one specific day.
Moli-sani cohort members (14402 people) had their height, body weight, waist and hip circumference measured. INHES participants (8964 people) provided this data independently. In addition, the average daily energy consumption, demographic and socio-economic characteristics were recorded for all participants. All the parameters taken into account were used for statistical modeling.
It turned out that regardless of gender, people who consume more pasta are generally more committed to a "healthy" Mediterranean diet. Also body mass index (BMI – the ratio of weight in kilograms to height in meters squared) it turned out to be lower in those participants whose diet contained a large proportion of pasta (the probability of error P<0.05 in both sexes in both cohorts). Moreover, in the Moli-sani cohort, pasta consumption was negatively related to waist and hip circumferences and their ratio (error probability P<0.05).
"The results show that the Mediterranean diet, consumed in moderation and taking into account all its components (and primarily pasta), is good for health," summed up the head of the laboratory of Molecular and Food epidemiology at Neuromed Licia Iacoviello in a press release Pasta is not fattening, quite the opposite.
The Mediterranean diet is recommended to maintain a healthy weight and prevent cardiovascular diseases. It is rich in cereals (mainly in the form of pasta made from durum cereals), rice, legumes, fresh vegetables and fruits, herbs, fish and seafood, and also contains a significant amount of olive oil and moderate amounts of red wine.
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06.07.2016