I have some Dreamfields in the cupboard, awaiting some alfredo sauce

Thank you for this great analysis! I just found Dreamfields at Jewell today and it will be nice to increase the variety in my diet (whch is already pretty varied actually!)

I have been reading and reading about this (yes, the Mendosa site, too) and I am curious as to why when people reported a BS spike after eating it there was no mention of how they cooked it. I think that is a critical variable. If those people cooked it too long or ate it as a leftover, the "protection" on the carbohydrates was no longer intact and it would act just like regular pasta. So if you eat if -- don't cook it too long and if you don't finish it at the meal, give it to non-LCers (becasue it'll turn into regular pasta in the fridge).

I can't wait to try it for dinner! Pasta Primavera here I come!

Thank you Grlygrl. You just solved my last keto drop out. I didn't realize that refrigeration would kill the carb blocking whoosit thingies. I had frozen blocks of mac n cheese for treats. Rats!

So if I refrigerate the unused portion in the box it is no longer good?

No, refrigeration itself isn't a problem. It's re-heating of already cooked pasta that appears to break down carb-blocking properties. Overcooking (during an initial heating) can do the same thing. Also, possibly just letting cooked pasta sit (refrigerated or unrefrigerated) might do this. But, if you have an uncooked portion in the box it is still good irregardless of how you store it.

I have made pasta salad with the elbows twice. I am a Type 2 diabetic so I can see how it affects me by the blood sugar number I get after eating it. It seems that if you make it into a salad and eat it the same day it still blocks the carbs, but the longer it sits in the fridge the more the carb blockers wear off. It didn't make me high the first day but it did when I tried to eat it again after it had been in the fridge a couple of days. I have not tried reheating it but I would think it would have the same effect. So I would agree with whoever said it probably wears off more the longer it's around after having been cooked.

CarlolynC,
Did you get this info from Dreamfields themselves?
I was wondering about people boiling the pasta then baking it for Mac and Cheese or other baked dishes weather they would be ingesting all the carbs.
Thanks,
Susie