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Pasta: Not a source of Empty Carbs

Pasta is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily. Pasta is a noodle made from an unleavened dough of a durum wheat flour mixed with water or eggs and formed into sheets or various shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. It can also be made with flour from other cereals or grains. Pastas has two broad categories, dried (pasta secca) and fresh (pasta fresca). Pasta is a low fat, low sodium, low glycemic, complex carbohydrate and a good source of thiamine, folic acid, iron, riboflavin and niacin.
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