PASTA: try choosing spelt pasta, an ancient form of wheat that is much lighter and easier to
digest than modern wheat.
Not exact matches
Researchers have also found evidence supporting the claim that spelt may be easier for humans to
digest than wheat.4
Modern wheat has been altered over the years through breeding to simplify its growth and harvesting, increase its yield and raise its gluten content for the production of commercial baked goods — all of which has rendered modern wheat more difficult to d
Modern wheat has been altered over the years through breeding to simplify its growth and harvesting, increase its yield and raise its gluten content for the production of commercial baked goods — all of which has rendered
modern wheat more difficult to d
modern wheat more difficult to
digest.
Like rye, einkorn is lower in phytic acid and contains an easier to
digest form of gluten
than modern hybrid
wheat.
Because of the tightly packed starchstructure of einkorn, the amylose is more slowly
digested than amylopectin, thus lowering glucose and insulin levels in the blood after meals and maintaining satiety longer.J Sci Food Agric 2014; 94: 601 — 612In a 2003 study, researchers at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, in Frederiksberg, Denmark, compared three different loaves: einkorn bread made with honey - salt leavening; naturally - leavened einkorn bread made with crushed whole grains; and commercial yeast bread made with
modern wheat.
No, spelt does contain gluten, although it is much easier to
digest than most
modern kinds of
wheat.
If you'd like to know more about einkorn, the ancient
wheat that's easier to
digest and has more nutrition
than modern wheat, check out my Einkorn 101 podcast.