No, a person could eat moderate amounts of any food and balance it with protein. If you made your own, it would not have all the bad junk in commercial varieties (and you could add fiber). If I really craved this stuff, I would ask you for a recipe!
LOL!!!
I have always admitted that I am one of those people that doesn't worry about her weight........but never the type you describe in reference to their treatment of your late SIL. I deplore people like that.
We love pasta in this house and do eat a great deal of it.......but a good majority of the pasta we eat, we make ourselves..............another reason why even though I'm not on a low-carb dieting we are contributing to the whining about the bottom line this article is about!!!
The way I look at it, by making much of my own stuff - I'm avoiding much of the additives that are added. Definitely has to be better for us.