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No Oodles aka is it Primal?

ipag
ipag Posts: 137
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I enjoy a good spaghetti squash or zucchini noodles the same as the next paleo/primal guy however despite that I still miss a good bowl of pasta. Maybe it's my Italian mom giving me a guilt trip about me not eating any pasta anymore which is why I'm bringing this up in the first place. My questions are

1. Is it primal/paleo?

2. If it is, does anyone have any experience with them?


http://www.nooodle.com/nutrition-facts/

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  • overfences
    overfences Posts: 96 Member
    Had never heard of them so checked out the site. Looks like they're just made from yam flour -- and since yams are paleo I don't see why not.
  • ipag
    ipag Posts: 137
    That's what I was thinking, and the calcium hydroxide is found in pickles which are also primal as well. I might give these a go.
  • impyimpyaj
    impyimpyaj Posts: 1,073 Member
    Had never heard of them so checked out the site. Looks like they're just made from yam flour -- and since yams are paleo I don't see why not.

    I thought you wrote yarn flour instead of yam flour and I was so confused. :laugh:
  • SweetxCatastrophe
    SweetxCatastrophe Posts: 593 Member
    It might technically be -- but it should be a rare thing since we can't just walk into nature and find these noodle things growing in trees or on bushes :)
  • caribougal
    caribougal Posts: 865 Member
    This made me so curious, so I checked it in paleohacks.com and Mark's Daily Apple.

    They're shirataki noodles.

    Not paleo or primal, but not bad if you need a fix. Just don't eat them on a date... they might have an... after effect.

    http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dear-mark-apple-cider-vinegar-dna-damage-lactaid-and-miracle-noodles/#axzz21bcmIHl5

    http://paleohacks.com/questions/12450/what-do-you-think-about-shirataki-noodles#axzz21bKM5vqi
  • caraiselite
    caraiselite Posts: 2,631 Member
    i keep buying shirataki noodles... and then i never eat them.
    i'm a texture person and afraid i'll hate it.
  • allyjoy83
    allyjoy83 Posts: 176 Member
    My roommate has 6 packages of the shirataki noodles in the fridge right now. She tried them once and learned two things: (1) rinse the funk out of them, and (2) they need to steep in whatever sauce they're going with in order to be flavorful.

    As for the paleo/primal thing: Most people who share recipes for "the lifestyle" are generally creating things that our ancestors did not consume. We want the benefits of "clean eating" but we also want to eat things that taste good, or that have a certain nostalgic aspect. I'm fairly certain our ancestors weren't thinking about flavor profiles when they were eating around the fire pit, commenting on how Morg didn't use enough cardamom on the wooly mammoth.

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