{"id":283,"date":"2011-06-22T09:16:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T13:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=283"},"modified":"2011-06-22T09:21:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T13:21:15","slug":"pasta-yes-its-on-the-green-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2011\/06\/pasta-yes-its-on-the-green-list.html","title":{"rendered":"Pasta?  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If they are high glycemic and\/or very high calorie, you certainly aren\u2019t going to lose weight with them!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pasta won\u2019t help you lose weight quickly.\u00a0 You can do that by a stricter plan of lean meat and veggies.\u00a0 We are talking life-long healthy\u00a0eating, though.\u00a0 You won\u2019t eat a restrictive diet all your life.\u00a0 Pasta in moderation can be a part of that plan.<\/p>\n<p><em>Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/em><br \/>\nSusan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s another food\u00a0 you probably thought you could never see again on a healthy eating plan &#8212; pasta.\u00a0 Most pasta, when cooked al dente, is low to low\/moderate on the glycemic index.\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t mean that your whole diet can consist of pasta, but it does mean that pasta can be a good switch for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[33,14,6,35,34,15,17],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eating-plan","tag-glycemic-index","tag-health","tag-healthy-living","tag-low-glycemic","tag-pasta","tag-weight-loss","tag-weight-management"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pasta? 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