Aneequa Godart, functional nutritionist at the longevity clinic HUM2N, adds that regularly eating white pasta can spell bad news for your body’s ability to regulate blood sugar.

“Pasta is a high carbohydrate food which means it can lead to rapid blood sugar spikes when consumed,” Godart says. While blood sugar spikes are part of our body’s natural digestive response, regularly experiencing these big spikes and crashes – for example, by eating pasta every day – can affect the body’s ability to regulate blood sugar altogether.

“This poor sugar control can lead to a number of health concerns including cardiovascular disease risk,” Godart adds. In the short term, you might also experience more food cravings, fatigue and brain fog during the post-spike crash.

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