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The good weather has already started and it is time to show our beautiful summer dresses! Maybe a bit brown on the beach!

The nightmare after the long winter is that you have to be aware that food has a high price at all costs. A belly price. Time for a diet, but what about your love for potatoes? Or for noodles? Or for both….

The good news is that there are some new studies that show that pasta or potatoes can actually help you lose weight. Yes, you heard right ... but which is the best thing is a question of the nutritional perspective and we are very happy to share the latest research results in this regard with our readers!

Carbohydrates as a diet?

In fact, it may sound very strange, especially if you have difficulty losing weight, and all other articles you have read before. In recent years, however, nutritionists have proposed that many of the food that normally on the no-day diet is on the NO-GO list can actually be recommended, especially if they are limited to a minimum or eaten in dimensions. From this perspective it seems difficult to say which of them - pasta or potatoes - are actually better or worse.

Healthy advantages

As for the absorption of vitamins and minerals, both pasta and potatoes have a very high concentration of potassium. This substance is very important for the smooth functioning of the body, since it ensures smooth functioning of the muscles and nerves and regulates the heartbeat equally.

On the other hand, noodles contain many minerals, much more than potatoes. For example, thiamine, riboflavin, folic acid and niacin, all of which are very important for the correct functioning of the body.

But noodles have something that the potatoes don't have, mainly vitamin B6.

Moderation is important!

A balanced diet with long -term results should therefore contain both, albeit in small quantities. The complex carbohydrates contained in the two are an important source of ingredients that the body needs for its general health in general. In the case of a very strict diet, however, nutritionists recommend more potatoes due to the fact that potatoes contain carbohydrates that accelerate the blood circulation. In this way you can eat a small portion and stay energetic longer. Especially if you are on diet, you will certainly need this energy!

On the other hand, someone with high blood sugar intake may have to avoid such carbohydrates, so more pasta could be useful for an overall balanced lifestyle.

The competition of the calories

When it comes to counting calories, the diet can always be very challenging. Then it seems that we already have a clear winner. Potatoes have 79 % fewer calories than noodles. For example, if you take 100 gr into account. The calorie intake of pasta is 371. With the same amount of potatoes, there are 79 calories.

Things - once again - become a bit chaotic when it comes to the carbohydrates, with noodles - unexpectedly - have a much lower content.

Everything depends on nutrition

Ultimately, it depends on the type of your diet and the general state of health, whether you include or exclude certain foods in your diet. For example, it depends on how much weight you want to lose or whether you suffer from diabetes or a special heart disease.

For example, if you like bodybuilding, both pasta and potatoes are a no-go. If you are seriously looking for carbohydrates - and need this - to integrate them into your normal diet, rice is also a good alternative. In general, this food fits very well into the category of complex carbohydrates, while it also has a very low calorie content - especially compared to pasta and potatoes.

An important weighting element for and against a certain food in your diet is also your overall metabolism. Some people quickly assimilate potatoes, while others can easily feed on pasta - yes, you hear it well.

The way you prepare them and the ingredients they add can actually be problematic. For example, boiled potatoes are purely harmless, while fried potatoes with lots of oil, side dishes and salt are a diet killer. Simply cooked noodles are not as dangerous as a meal with lots of cheese and greasy tomato sauce.

What do you think? What are your experiences in relation to diets that contain one or two of the ingredients?