# "Pasta doesn't raise blood sugars" writes Reader's Digest

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pasta-doesnt-raise-blood-sugars-writes-readers-digest/1682>\
**Category:** Nutrition\
**Tags:** horsecrap, debunking\
**Created:** [August 23, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pasta-doesnt-raise-blood-sugars-writes-readers-digest/1682 "2017-08-23T01:10:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pasta-doesnt-raise-blood-sugars-writes-readers-digest/1682/11 "2017-08-23T14:08:54Z")

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> [@Pianoplayer7008](#):
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> I dont know if full blown diabetics experience the effects of resistant starches (like cold or reheated pasta)

Resistant starches are only present in cold pasta (not reheated—the heating kills them again), but they might make some difference in cold/room-temp pasta, potatoes, and rice (all of which form resistant starch after being heated and cooled, and then lose it when re-heated). I’m not convinced that for me, as a T1, they make a huge difference, but I haven’t done enough careful experimentation with those foods to be sure. Would be an interesting experiment for some of you folks who like to do those things 🙂

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