Sentences with phrase «starch than other vegetables»

Potatoes, lentils and the such contain much more starch than other vegetables so education on the caloric levels of vegetables is extremely important.

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That being said, as Chris mentioned, diet is a major driver of microbiome configuration and so I think that there is enough reason to believe that specific foods «are better» for the microbiome than others: eating a high fiber diet with lots of fruits and vegetables, resistant starches such as those from seeds and nuts, and, in general, a diet that is closer to the one we evolved to eat, including foods that were available before agriculture and fast food restaurants came along.

«If you're cooking for other people, you're more likely to prepare a healthier meal that contains a range of foods — a meat, a starch, a vegetable — than if you're just throwing together something for yourself,» Rabin points out.

Every meal other than breakfast (and then sometimes even breakfast, if I'm having fava beans — traditional Egyptian breakfast staple) starts with onions and garlic and includes a starch, a bean or lentil, at least one other non-green vegetable (sweet peppers, mushrooms, eggplant, zucchini are the go - tos) and a green.

Increasing intakes of foods high in refined sugars or refined starches (P = 0.04) and decreasing intakes of bread and cereals (P = 0.008) or vegetables other than potatoes (P = 0.007) also independently predicted a greater risk, with subjectsrsquo GI partly explaining these associations.

Amanda Lenz, educator and director of foster care for the Indiana House House Rabbit Society in Indianapolis, says rabbit caretakers should limit potatoes and other root vegetables like carrots, beets and radishes, because their sugar and starch content is higher than ideal.