I have been eating wholemeal pasta and brown basmati rice for years, but Zoe doesn’t score these for me as significantly better than the standard white versions. Zoe also tooks about the benefits of eating carbs such as potatoes, rice and pasta that have been allowed to go cold, changing the glycaemic index and reducing the resultant sugar spike but, again, this is not reflected in my Zoe scores, or the benefit from eating jacket potatoes over boiled potatoes. The app scoring needs considerable refining.

Many thanks.  10 mins is excellent and the transcript is v useful too

Rarely eat pasta, but if I do, it'll be white pasta, just like the Italians. I also eat white rice and cool it off to make resistant starch, just like the Asians/Japanese. I feed my gut with Yoghurt,  cheese , sauerkraut,  oats, nuts, seeds. Plenty of fruit and veg as well.

For a celiac like me with covid triggered ibs the spectrum is narrow... gluten free pasta no wheat only legumes.. grateful for that

I am diabetic for a long time always managing to keep my a1c<6.5%.  2 yrs back my LDL was 130mg/dl (~115 mg/dl for 2 decades) and CAC~2900, hs-crp-3 to 3.5 mg/L.  I also checked LDL P & APO B.  LDL P=2000nm/L & APO B-103mg/dl.  I went vegan with legumes, lentils, other veggies & few fruits.  My new numbers since then are LDL P=880nm/L, APO B-73mg/dl, LDL C-80 mg/dlhs-CRP-0.72mg/L, A1C-5.9%, LP-IR=30 (low) NMR.  Also take some flax seeds etc.  NO MEDS.  Now these numbers are somewhat close to 2ndary prevention.

I can't eat high fiber. I had my gall bladder out. Dr. told me I didn't need it. Also, now have IBS.

All valuable, but when will zoe do a podcast about gastritis, or less well known, multiple hepatic haemangioma (benign liver tumors), whereby it is often painful to the point of excruciating to have food gestating in the stomach for longer periods, and faster digestible foods for the stomach may outweigh the problems of blood sugar spikes for some individuals.... Would any other zoe listeners be interested in these issues being raised...? Please comment below with your opinions, stories and medical history, and maybe zoe can give people like us a better 'life'...! 😉

As an Italian I find these legume pastas an abomination, I’d rather eat oat groats, farro, barley, freekeh. If I am eating pasta, I will have once a month but the best quality I can buy.

A lot depends on your energy output too , when I’m eating low carb I do feel flat when I exercise compared to eating carbs , it can be difficult to find that sweet spot ( no pun intended) 😊

That's very interesting. I've been on a bit of a journey with breakfast oats. I was soaking porridge or scots oats overnight in water, rinsing and having them with fruit and peanut butter. But I'd still spike. After more ibs related research I came across oat groats or the whole unmilled oat. Better health food shops sell them. I soak overnight or leave them for 48 hours to"sprout". They don't really but it does soften them. Then in the morning I heat them in milk for 15 mins and have with berries, peanut butter, tahini, ginger and sometimes a spoonful of cooked split chickpeas. It's great and it's the first breakfast I've found that keeps me going until lunchtime.

Chana dhal or dried split chickpeas are a great, low cost, easy prep way to get pulses into the diet. Soak overnight, rinse, boil for 30 mins. I make a batch and then keep in the fridge, to add to all sorts of meals or snacks. Make houmous, put in stews, in my breakfast...

An interesting interview would be either Dr Ken Berry/Professor Bart Kay/Dr Anthony Chaffee, all low carb enthusiasts, with Tim. I'd pay good money to see that especially with Bart Kay!!!!

You've got a growing battle persuading the rapidly burgeoning numbers of "Low-Carb" advocates that your dietary recommendations are still ideal. Many are reversing pre-diabetes, Type 2 and (even reducing Insulin requirements for Type 1) Diabetes by following a Low-Carb approach. Why don't you invite British GP Dr David Unwin (of the Public Health Collaboration) to discuss this divisive issue?

What's wrong with whole brown rice wirh the husk?  And potatoes are very high in potassium.

still think that some carbs works for you .. if you have a healthy metabolism !! for someone with a broken one like me... its just like throwing logs on the insulin fire eating pasta :p and all other carbs

He's wrong. The order in which you eat typical dinner food (Greens, Protein/Fat, Carbs) most definitely affects insulin spikes and calories absorbed.

The more episodes I watch the more I wonder why the guy on the left is on this podcast? I ate quinoa and legumes 10 years ago, everyone knew back then they were healthier than white rice..

It's not the sugar spikes they are normal it's the level and how long they stay high for. Sugar is not the issue it's fats animal fats. Vegans can consume vast amounts of cane sugar with zero issues

What about eating Lentil pasta or Green pea pasta, available in supermarkets

Don't suppose sourdough crumpets soaked in butter are a good idea then?

yes carbs are good max in one meal and second meal only fat and meat  and  have in mind that human body is designed to fast not for food abundance and no physical effort. now  we are lazy as snail and hungry as elephants