Swap noodles for 100 % buckwheat soba noodles, kelp noodles (made from seaweed), zucchini noodles (see recipe by Jessica Sepel here), acorn noodles (made using acorn flour and buckwheat flour), bean threads (made using mung bean starch), buckwheat vermicelli, harusame (made from potato, sweet potato or mung bean starch), shirataki (made from the konjac plant), sweet potato vermicelli (made
from sweet potato starch) or tapioca noodles (made from tapioca starch).
Not exact matches
This makes perfect Paleo
sweet potato fries because the light arrowroot
starch coating on them makes them hold the seasoning and helps keep them
from burning.
A few days ago we explored the world of Asian noodles, among them dang myun, or vermicelli made
from Korean
sweet potato starch.
I replaced my need for a sugar high
from sweet treats to
potatoes and other
starches like
sweet potatoes and plantains.
As you'd expect
from foods classified as starchy vegetables,
potatoes and
sweet potatoes both contain large amounts of
starch per serving — 10 grams per cup of white
potato or 16.8 grams per an equivalent serving of
sweet potato.
With each of my six small meals, I ate 10 - 15 grams of carbs
from starch (
potatoes, rice), legumes (kidney beans, peas and and lima beans are my favorites),
sweet plants (carrots, beets) and
sweet fruits (berries).
We also extracted data on the fiber contribution
from vegetables, fruit, and bread and cereals and on the consumption of main carbohydrate - containing food groups: vegetables,
potatoes, fruit, bread and cereals [comprising breakfast cereals, bread (white or other), pasta, and rice], plus foods high in refined sugars or refined
starches (soft drinks, cordials,
sweet biscuits, cakes, buns, scones, pastries, confectionary, sugar, honey, jams, and syrups).
Now, I know that white
potatoes get a bad rap for being high in
starch and slightly lower in nutrients than
sweet potatoes, but that shouldn't deter you
from ever cooking with them.
BUT I eat only WHOLE grains (not ground up into flour), nothing
from a bag or box, all whole foods, lots of
starches like
potatoes, corn,
sweet potatoes, oatmeal, millet, beans, lentils.
In this Japanese study
from 2013, scientists took 24 rats who had developed diabetes after being assigned a high - fructose diet, and fed them
sweet potato starch for 4 weeks.
«If you're doing a lot of physical activity, like jiu - jitsu or CrossFit, I like 30 — 50 % of calories to come
from sweet potatoes and less common Paleo
starches like plantains, yucca, and taro, which can be found in some ethnic markets,» says Kresser.
Stay away
from sugary fruits and if you get cravings, go for
sweet potato, carrots or parsnips in the afternoon (
starches should be consumed early morning or afternoon, so you have time to burn them off, they also feed sugar cravings and will give you energy when you feel tired).
Carbs should come
from «safe
starches» (rice,
potato,
sweet potato) and she should eliminate grains and sugars.
The recommended carb calorie intake of 400 + - 200 is roughly provided by 0.5 lb
starches (if more calorie dense
starches like rice & taro are included, 1.0 lb if solely
from potatoes /
sweet potatoes / yams) and 0.5 lb fruits and berries.
Here is data
from http://nutritiondata.com comparing 100 g of
potatoes, yams,
sweet potatoes, and grapes for sugar,
starch, and fiber content:
George Washington Carver developed 118 products
from sweet potatoes, including glue for postage stamps and
starch for sizing cotton fabrics.
The majority of the meal is carbohydrate, mostly
starch from sweet potatoes.
Milk
from any animal, soy, rice, canned coconut milk Milk, dried Molasses Mozzarella cheese Mungbeans Neufchatel cheese Nutra -
sweet (aspartame) Nuts, salted, roasted and coated Oats Okra - mucilaginous food Parsnips Pasta, of any kind Pectin Postum
Potato white
Potato sweet Primost cheese Quinoa - 60 %
starch Rice Ricotta cheese Rye Saccharin Sago Sausages, commercially available Semolina Sherry Soda soft drinks Sour cream, commercial Soy Spelt Starch Sugar or sucrose of any kind Tapioca - starch Tea, instant Triticale Turkey loaf Vegetables, canned or preserved Wheat Wheat germ Whey, powder or liquid Yams Yogurt, comm
starch Rice Ricotta cheese Rye Saccharin Sago Sausages, commercially available Semolina Sherry Soda soft drinks Sour cream, commercial Soy Spelt
Starch Sugar or sucrose of any kind Tapioca - starch Tea, instant Triticale Turkey loaf Vegetables, canned or preserved Wheat Wheat germ Whey, powder or liquid Yams Yogurt, comm
Starch Sugar or sucrose of any kind Tapioca -
starch Tea, instant Triticale Turkey loaf Vegetables, canned or preserved Wheat Wheat germ Whey, powder or liquid Yams Yogurt, comm
starch Tea, instant Triticale Turkey loaf Vegetables, canned or preserved Wheat Wheat germ Whey, powder or liquid Yams Yogurt, commercial
The main ingredients in Orijen Regional Red formula are fresh deboned wild boar, fresh deboned lamb, lamb meal, russet
potato, fresh deboned pork, peas, salmon meal, whitefish meal (made
from flounder, halibut and cod caught wild
from the north pacific ocean), herring meal, fresh deboned bison, fresh whole eggs,
potato starch, fresh deboned salmon, alfalfa,
sweet potato, fresh deboned walleye, and salmon oil (naturally preserved with vitamin E).
Instead, your dog's energizing
starch is coming
from high - antioxidant vegetables like
sweet potatoes and carrots.
It only utilizes easily - digestible real
starches mostly
from potatoes, rice, and / or
sweet potatoes, among others.