The Art of Cuisine

7 Unhealthiest Pasta Dishes in America

Are you confused if you should eat pasta or if you should not. I sympathized with your confusion.  After all, the world is filled with diet "gurus" who want to seize on this study or that one and make absurd rules about what you should "never" eat or "always" eat. And no food has been so praised and demonized as pasta. (Remember "carbo-loading"?)

Fact is, pasta delivers a nice dose of quick energy for relatively few calories, and packs a bit of vitamins, minerals and fiber as well—especially if you opt for whole-wheat varieties. (Barilla has introduced a line of whole-wheat pastas that taste just like regular pasta—check them out.) But the humble stalk of spaghetti is neither a blessing nor a curse—it's a tool. Indeed, the best way to think of pasta is as a delivery system for other foods, be they good (think antioxidant-packed marinara sauce) or evil (fat-loaded carbonara). And that means a pasta-heavy diet could lead to a healthier you—or just a heavier you.

I have to agree with the motto at Eat This, Not That! is that you can eat what you want and still lose weight—without dieting—by making smart food swaps no matter where you are. And that can be said about pasta dishes, as well—you just need to be aware of which platters fall within the realm of nutritional normalcy, and which ones are egregious mounds of calories and carbs. Below, see the seven worst pasta dishes in America—and what you should eat instead!

Here is a good article for you to read to see which restaurantshave the worst pasta.