Last fall, I discovered “resistant starch” and shared
research about how eating cold potatoes was good for you because they contain this
stuff. See, “Resistant
Starch: Potatoes are Good for You (Again).”
But silly me, I went off and forgot about it. I had programmed myself against eating white stuff
like bread and potatoes and rice for so long, I guess. I skipped along, going my merry way, and
never got on board with intentionally eating sources of resistant starch.
Big mistake.
Last month, I returned to investigating sources of “resistant
starch” after the topic popped up in one of my research projects. Turns out, I was including some forms of
resistant starch in my diet (beans, for instance). Good news.
But not enough, and not daily.
.
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Gut Health Boosted With Cold Potatoes
For personal reasons I’m not sharing here, focusing on my
gut health is very, very important to me.
Gotta do it.
So, beginning in October 2017, I started making sure that
every day I had some form of these short-chain fatty acids in my diet.
I ate cold potato salad.
I added some cold beans to my salads. I tried a green banana or two (yucky).
And I noticed a difference.
I felt better. I had more energy. Emotionally, I was peppy.
This month, I’m delving into cold brown rice and rye
bread. Reuben sandwiches, yum!!!
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Brown Rice and Reuben Sandwiches
So, Dear Reader, if you want to do more for your intestinal
gut health (and of course you do, it’s your “second
brain” after all), then maybe you’ll like to eat more cold potato salad,
too.
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For more information, check out:
9
Foods That Are High in Resistant Starch, by by Rudy Mawer, MSc, CISSN and
published by Healthline on October 6, 2016;
Keenan, Michael J., et al. "Role of resistant
starch in improving gut health, adiposity, and insulin resistance."
Advances in Nutrition: An International Review Journal 6.2 (2015): 198-205.'
Sawicki, Caleigh M., et al. "Evidence
Mapping: Resistant Starch Interventions and Health Outcomes." Diabetes
3 (2016): 5.
