Why Dried Pasta Doesn’t Make People Feel Full
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Healthline found that dried pasta is usually refined during processing by stripping the wheat kernel of the bran and germ, which removes a lot of nutrients. Dried pasta is higher in calories and lower in fiber.
When pasta is refined and processed, people tend to not feel as full as if they had eaten a high-fiber or whole-grain pasta. EcoSalon states that many of these dried pastas are made by industrial flour, which contains large amounts of preservatives.
