What Really Happens To Your Body When You Eat Pasta Every Day

This wheat flour could be either refined (usually referred to as white flour) or whole grain.

Whether you’re eating refined or whole-grain wheat, pasta will make a difference in how nutritious it is, with whole-grain pasta being the more nutritious choice. Verywell Fit explains that a serving of pasta is usually about 2 ounces or 1 cup. However, if you’re preparing to cook spaghetti noodles, it’s hard to measure out 1 cup of dry spaghetti with a simple measuring cup. In this case, you can use the opening of a soda bottle and determine a 2-ounce serving based on the dry noodles that fit through the hole.

That 2-ounce serving of regular cooked pasta offers your body approximately 221 calories, which derive from 1.3 grams of fat, 43.2 grams of carbohydrates, and 8.1 grams of protein. Of those 43.2 grams of carbohydrates, you would be getting 2.5 grams of fibre. Additionally, pasta has vitamin B6 and the mineral iron.

You may have more energy.

The most obvious change you’ll probably notice right away is that you suddenly have more energy — seriously! Carbohydrates are your body’s preferred method of fueling itself despite the trendiness of low-carbohydrate diets. Carbohydrates are broken down in your digestive system into glucose, which enters your bloodstream, where it is then distributed to all of your cells for energy (via Cleveland Clinic).

Here’s why it’s essential to differentiate between refined pasta and whole-grain pasta: Whole grains are a source of complex carbohydrates, which are digested differently than the simple carbohydrates in refined products. Simple carbohydrates are metabolized (that is, digested and broken down) very quickly. That means a lot of glucose enters your bloodstream all at once, so your energy levels spike and then crash shortly afterwards. When you go with complex carbohydrates, such as those in whole-grain pasta, these break down much more slowly. Glucose enters your bloodstream at a more manageable rate, providing you with a steady stream of energy throughout the day.