Reddit mentions of Leksands Original Swedish Rye Crispbread - Wedge, 7.06-Ounce Packages (Pack of 12)

Pretty much all carbohydrates breaks down into glucose (your body's common energy source) in your body, but how fast and how effectively it does differs.

Fructose and glucose are usually present in most sweet food and are the most "dangerous" carbohydrates to ingest, as they pretty much get absorbed directly into your bloodstream, forcing your body to react with a shock of insuline to make sure you don't die. This sugar/insuline rollercoaster is what makes your body less sensitive to insuline in the long run, resulting in a higher risk of diabetes.

But to keep on track with your question (though I really don't know what you're actually asking about, so I'll just give a general information about this).

Wheat (which is what pasta and most bread is made of), rye, oat, corn, potatoes, rice are all converted into glucose by your body. But they need a bit of work before they turn into sugar, starting right in your mouth when you chew by enzymes in your saliva that begins this process. If you try to take just some ordinary bread and keep chewing it for a while you'll start to notice that it gets a bit sweeter right in your mouth.

But a big difference between these are their other properties and their overall nutrition. Potatoes, rice, rye and oats are the "best", as they have a lot of proteins and other good vitamins and minerals, especially oats, and they aren't as taxing on your body like wheat.

Wheat, especially processed flour on the other hand is actually really bad you. It has both inflammatory properties (puffy eyes in the morning for example), and the least amount of nutrition compared to the rest.

Rice, which is eaten a lot in the middle east and asia, is awesome. It's one of the reasons why obesity is so low in asian countries, and it's a good source of vitamins and minerals.

I personally try to keep wheat out of my diet as much as possible and instead focus on getting more potatoes, oat, rye and rice in my diet. I always start the day by making a breakfast by cooking some oatmeal (just the oatmeal with some cinamon on top is delicious) coupled with two slices of Swedish crispbread with some butter and cheese on (it's kind of a dried thin and crispy bread made of only wholemeal rye, water and salt that is really common here in Sweden: linky).

And then for other meals during the day I try to alternate between potatoes and rice, though most of the time I end up with potatoes since it's so delicious and simple to make.

Stay away from pasta! I mean, if you work out and go for long runs it's a nice energy source to load up your body with beforehand, but pasta is absorbed pretty fast in your body and should only be eaten once in a while, because a nice pasta meal is delicious ;)

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I guess I just wrote some random stuff, but I guess any knowledge is good knowledge?

Edit: Amazon has the crisp bread if anyone wants to get some: http://www.amazon.com/Leksands-Original-Swedish-Rye-Crispbread/dp/B0017OATPE

On Rye Krisps (6 carb grams net)