Spelt contains about 57.9 percent carbohydrates (excluding 9.2 percent fibre), 17.0 percent protein and 3.0 percent fat, as well as dietary minerals and vitamins. As it contains a moderate amount of gluten, it is suitable for some baking but that also makes it not suitable for people with coeliac disease. In comparison to hard red winter wheat, spelt has a more soluble protein matrix characterized by a higher gliadin:glutenin ratio.
Since you are posting in the "High Carb Raw Vegan Chat" I am not sure if you are actually raw. If you are raw I would not eat this or pasta. Either raw or rawtill4 I would definitely eat fruits as my number 1 staple, and any cooked food sparingly. If it were cooked I would eat more a cooked veggie than grains, but this is just me.
Carbohydrate
A carbohydrate () is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as…
Thanks a lot for the info . No you're right I should've post it in the rawtill4chat .. (newbie over here ;) )
And sure it s only because of the dinner meal plans of freelee ( it says gluten free pasta ) and that' s why I was wondering if spelt was any different.
But it got me a lot further
thanks
Kathleen
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if you like it, then sure. it is pretty high in protein, so maybe corn pasta would be better. but, whatever floats your boat.
Never tried corn pasta . Don't know if we got this in belgium .
will try if I can get my hands on it.
If you don't have any problems with it (digestive issues etc.) I don't see why not. I prefer corn pasta though, it tastes better!
But I don't know if we got it here in belgium.
certainly gonna look for it !
thanks
Kathleen
Spelt contains about 57.9 percent carbohydrates (excluding 9.2 percent fibre), 17.0 percent protein and 3.0 percent fat, as well as dietary minerals and vitamins. As it contains a moderate amount of gluten, it is suitable for some baking but that also makes it not suitable for people with coeliac disease. In comparison to hard red winter wheat, spelt has a more soluble protein matrix characterized by a higher gliadin:glutenin ratio.
Since you are posting in the "High Carb Raw Vegan Chat" I am not sure if you are actually raw. If you are raw I would not eat this or pasta. Either raw or rawtill4 I would definitely eat fruits as my number 1 staple, and any cooked food sparingly. If it were cooked I would eat more a cooked veggie than grains, but this is just me.
And sure it s only because of the dinner meal plans of freelee ( it says gluten free pasta ) and that' s why I was wondering if spelt was any different.
But it got me a lot further
thanks
Kathleen