A diverse gut flora is associated with good health, and achieving a diverse gut flora requires a diet rich in carbohydrate fiber including resistant starch from cooked - then -
cooled starchy foods.
Resistant starch occurs naturally in many uncooked / unprocessed grains, intact whole grains, underripe bananas, beans and pulses, and cooked and
cooled starchy foods (like potato salad, and the rice in sushi).
Not exact matches
Not by all that much, though... the major benefit is from
cooling and then reheating the
starchy, cooked
food.
Sweet potatoes are nice and
starchy, meaning good
cool weather, comfort
food.
- RS3 — Retrograded starch that is formed when
starchy foods are cooked then
cooled down.
Type III is «retrograde starch,» which refers to
starchy foods that have been cooked then
cooled, which changes the structure and renders them more resistant to digestion.
When your cooked
starchy foods are
cooled for several hours, part of the starch becomes resistant — no matter if you heat your meal up again or not.
RS is also formed when
starchy foods like rice, potatoes and pasta are cooked and then
cooled, as potato or pasta salad.
It's highest in
starchy foods that are either raw or cooked then
cooled by refrigeration and eaten at room temperature.
Today's
cool fact of the day is that for some people,
starchy foods aren't just bad for your blood sugar.
- RS3 — Retrograded starch that is formed when
starchy foods are cooked then
cooled down.
Resistant Starch Ninety - one percent of individuals who consumed 32 g / d of RS3 (retro - graded starch; formed from the cooking and
cooling or extrusion of
starchy foods) experienced flatulence and 41 percent reported bloated feelings (Heijnen et al., 1998).
RS3 (retrograded starch) is formed from the cooking and
cooling or extrusion of
starchy foods (e.g., potato chips and cereals).