One in four Italians – 23 per cent - say they are limiting the amount of spaghetti they eat for health reasons.
This matches the UK where carbohydrate consumption has been demonised because of an association with obesity.
A shift towards protein rich diets has seen sales of bread, pasta, potatoes and rice fall in Britain and other developed nations.
And even Italy, the home of spaghetti, fusilli, pappardelle, tagliatelle, linguine and ravioli, is seeing the carb backlash.
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Eddie
10 comments:
Now THAT'S a shhocker lol.
Mama mia!
I'm finding it hard to cut back on pasta, I love the taste and texture, but I'm making the effort and eat only one pasta meal a week now, sometimes two if there were leftovers.
I love pasta, homemade is my top pick. Yum.
That's interesting.
I've cut my pasta by a lot as well.
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i wish i could give up on pasta!!! interesting info on ginger!!!!
This is a big shock!
Gave up pasta and don't miss it. Have substituted zucchini noodles and spaghetti squash. Yum!
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