Not exact matches
The protein, fibre and
starch components from crops
like lentils,
peas and beans are a potential goldmine for the Prairies.
If I could bottle warm, runny egg yolk and use it as a condiment, much
like my mother does with EVOO, to douse my
peas, sandwiches, and various comfort
starches, I would, though my ascent to middle - life might be slightly less graceful as a result.
I
like using crushed snap
peas because I find the ingredients list to be simpler than a lot of gluten free bread crumbs (usually no xanthan gum, mold inhibitors or hidden potato
starch — ahem, I'm intolerant to potatoes in case you didn't know).
You can get all the protein you need (roughly 50 grams per day) from an organic whole foods plant - based diet, rich in fruits and vegetables,
starches like oats, potatoes, beans,
peas and lentils, as well as nuts and seeds.
If
starches are so good, why is it that, when put on a low simple carb / moderate complex carb diet (which eliminates things
like corn, rice, potatoes and wheat and gets moderate amounts of complex carbs from
peas, beans, lentils and NON-starchy vegetables):
This diet is super healthy and does allow plenty of choices: meat, fish, vegetables (
peas & green beans are fine), nuts (not peanuts which are a legume), fruit, «safe
starches» (rice pasta, sweet / white potatoes and white rice), wine (which I
like but don't drink due to Rx), healthy fat
like lard, butter, cream, olive oil and coconut oil, dairy, chocolate, eggs, fermented vegetables and some safe sweeteners such as rice syrup.
But eating the fructose found in fruit instead of the glucose found in plant
starches like peas, yams, taro, sweet potatoes, green beans, basmati rice or tapioca is not smart.
This means no
starches,
like potatoes; no grains, such as bread or pasta; no fruits, such as apples or bananas, and no brown pulses,
like chick
peas.
On the other hand, try to avoid vegetables rich in
starch like potato,
peas, and corn at the beginning of your diet.
I have matched my protein with 125g carbs, although some of those carbs are from moderately
starch veg
like beetroot and some green beans and sugarsnap
peas.
The kind of «resistant
starch» that comes from plant foods
like cooked beans,
peas, lentils, and raw oatmeal — can block the accumulation of potentially harmful byproducts of animal - protein metabolism in the colon.
«Resistant
starch is found in
peas, beans and other legumes, green bananas, and also in cooked and cooled starchy products
like sushi rice and pasta salad.
Starches, or complex carbohydrates, are long chains of sugars found in foods made from grains,
like cereals, pasta, rice and bread, as well as beans or legumes, and some vegetables
like potato, corn and
peas.
Carbohydrates are usually included in dog's food in the form of thoroughly cooked grains (
like rice or oatmeal), vegetables (
like chickpeas), or processed
starches (
like potatoes and
peas).
We would
like to see either
pea starch or
pea flour replaced by a meat.
It has good source of protein in chicken and turkey, good source of fiber in green
peas, it does not have
starch like other formulas, it has good aminoacids such as Lysine, taurine and Methionine.
These recipes substitute grains with other types of
starch like potato, sweet potato, tapioca, or green
peas.
This is the first dog food I've seen without the use of
starches,
like potatoes and
peas, which usually replace the grains in grain free dog food.
And just
like Nature's Variety Instinct, Halo has supplemented
peas as the main
starch in this tasty meal.