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...plus 1 tbsp. all purpose flour...
Fortunately, there's a simple way to minimize that effect: boost your intake of B vitamins, especially folic acid. You don't even have to take vitamin supplements. In 1998 the government mandated that cereal and flour manufacturers add folic acid to their products --not to fight heart disease but because it prevents neural-tube defects such as spina bifida in newborns. The other major sources of B vitamins are beans and--you guessed it--leafy green vegetables...
...clothes and culture leaves no time for a sit-down lunch, there are two traditional dishes that are worth a taste from street vendors and caf?s: a giant suppli, a rice-filled croquette with sizzled beef and peas, and a pane e panelle sandwich of lightly fried chick-pea flour with freshly squeezed lemon. Ice cream is consistently good too, and for a local treat order it up in a fresh-baked brioche. But if you really came looking for trouble, and have an afternoon to kill, hop a bus to Corleone, a 90-minute ride outside Palermo...
...Gnocchi—n. Italian. Small dumplings traditionally constructed from flour, semolina (the fine, hard parts of wheat) and potatoes. Most gnocchi are either boiled or baked, ensuring a soft, paste-like texture. i.e.: Donatella bit into her gnocchi and then scoffed when the ill-prepared dumplette clung to the roof of her mouth...
...agree with the high-protein advocates that it is wise to eat fewer simple carbohydrates, like sugar, white flour and white rice. They are also low in fiber, so you get a lot of calories that don't fill you up. On top of that, simple carbohydrates get absorbed quickly, causing your blood sugar to zoom up. Your body responds by making more insulin, but too much insulin accelerates conversion of calories into body...