Atkins Diet Product Reviews: Dreamfields Pasta
I have been asked about Dreamfields Pasta quite often by viewers, especially in my Italian low carb recipe videos. There has been quite a lot of press about Dreamfields and whether or not their method to listing digestible carbs is correct. A number of notable low carbs and one particular study specifically showed it having the same impact as regular pasta:
http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/dreamfields-president-mike-crowley-we-stand-behind-the-nutritional-claims-of-our-product/10785
http://www.dietdoctor.com/the-dreamfields-pasta-fraud
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3024385/
I had always accepted the fact that my response would have been the same. Today I wanted to test that assumption and was meticulous with my preparation, so that no one could say I broke the prebiotic matrix surrounding the carbohydrates by over cooking it. I tested for 2 hours after the first consumption, and I was surprised by the result.
My blood glucose did not change by more than 5 points from the initial 67 reading on the glucometer. I still don’t plan on featuring it in my recipe videos as I know many of my viewers can’t consume it yet being a latter OWL-phase food, but it is nice to know that the option does exist for my two Atkins-following kids who are not sensitive to gluten.
I’m glad you posted this. I know the trend right now is to refute their claims, but my personal experience with it has been a positive one.
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Thanks so much for sharing your BG testing on Dreamfields, Kent. Yet again, it would appears as if this product is another case of YMMV (your mileage may vary) and people just need to test their reaction to it to know how THEIR body personally reacts to it. I need to do that soon myself. My DH is T2 so there’s a meter in the house and no excuses.
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