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Information of Interest
to
Diabetes Educators
Product Overview:
Dreamfields Pasta’s patent-pending process – which
adds a unique blend of vegetable fiber and protein to premium durum
wheat semolina – results in a delicious pasta with about
the same high fiber as whole wheat pasta, fewer digestible carbohydrates
and a lower glycemic index than traditional pasta. Download
our Nutrition Facts Panel & Teaching Tool.
- We use rigid clinical
testing procedures on healthy people to
ensure our claim of 5 grams of digestible carbohydrates per serving*
and a 65 percent lower glycemic index than traditional pasta.
*A serving of pasta is equal to 2 ounces dry, or about 5 ounces cooked.
Support Details:
How
We Determine Digestible Carbs
A food’s glycemic
index and/or glycemic load is one of
many tools which, when used in conjunction with the supervision of
a health professional and careful blood glucose monitoring, may help
a person with diabetes manage blood glucose levels.
- Dreamfields’ unique fiber and protein blend enables its
pasta to have a glycemic index that is 65 percent lower than traditional
pasta (Dreamfields GI = 13; traditional pasta GI = 38). This blend
also protects
all but 5 grams of carbs per serving
from being digested and therefore lessens post-meal blood glucose
rise as compared to traditional pasta.
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Blood glucose monitoring is essential for diabetes management. Like
carb counting, label reading and portion control, the GI and GL can be used
as tools
to help people with diabetes manage blood glucose. As a general
rule of thumb, whenever possible, try to choose foods that have a low GI
over those with a high GI.
- The GI of a pasta dish depends on how it is prepared, the foods
eaten with it, the amount consumed and a person’s individual
response to a food. According to the American
Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Recommendations, using the GI along with carbohydrate
counting may provide modest additional benefit for blood glucose
control over only counting carbohydrates.
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The 2008 American
Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Recommendations included a statement recognizing the evidence that reducing carbohydrates
or fat intake are equally effective for decreasing weight in the short term
if calorie intake is reduced.
- It is still recommended to consume about 130 grams of carbohydrates
per day to provide adequate glucose as the required fuel for the central
nervous system without reliance on glucose production from ingested protein
or fat. Calorie balance – not the source of the calories – is
the key factor in weight loss.
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DREAMFIELDS FOODSONE PASTA
AVENUECARRINGTON, ND 584211-800-250-1917 |
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