Potatoes are my favourite food. I love them baked, fried, roasted, you name it. And when I cut carbs, they are the one food I crave and find difficult to resist. That's why I nearly danced with joy when I red the following findings in the American Dietetic Association's Guide to Better Digestion."
The author's of the guide conclude that potatoes, corn and rice contain resistant starch, a unique kind of fiber that has incredible health and weight loss benefits.
Resistant starch is a type of dietary fiber found in many carbohydrate-rich foods, particularly when these foods are cooled. It resists digestion in the body, increases your body's ability to burn fat and also fills you up and reduces overall hunger. If that weren't enough, and believe me it is, studies show that it also improves blood sugar control, boosts immunity and could even reduce the risk of cancer.
Resistant starch is bulky, which makes you feel full, and because it can't be digested, it never enters the bloodstream. Without going into too much science, studies found that replacing just 5.4% of total carbs with resistant carbs creates a 20-30% increase in fat burning after a meal.
HOW TO GET THE BEST BENEFITS
Add approximately 1/2 to 1 cup of cooled resistant starch-rich food to your day. Make sure the starchy food is cool because the resistant starch is created after it is cooked and then cooled.
Some suggested foods include potato or yam salad, brown rice sushi or corn (in taco salad, burritos or quesadillas).
I'm going to bake (and cool) a potato right now!
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