High Resistant Starch Foods
- At July 24, 2019
- By Daniel
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Most people eat some form of starchy food for energy. Starchy foods include wheat, potatoes, and bananas.
Many American diets recommend reducing or eliminating starchy foods. That means no more fried potatoes, pasta, and dozens of other foods.
New research reveals there are more than one type of starch and foods high in resistant starch have a lower glycemic index. The reason is resistant starch behaves like fiber and is not converted to glucose.
They key is refrigeration in the case of potatoes, potato salad has more resistant starch than fried potatoes, and ripeness. Anyone who has eaten a green banana knows it is less sweet than a ripe banana. As a banana ripens, starch is converted to sugar.
This video explains resistant starch and provide sample foods high in resistant starch.
10 Dumb Diet Tips
- At July 22, 2019
- By Daniel
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Americans are bombarded by dieting tips. Some are helpful like eat more high fiber foods and less processed foods. Other tips can be confusing or even misleading.
For example, nuts are considered a healthy food and Americans are advised to add nuts to their diet on a daily basis. Since most countries are use the metric (SI) units of measure, people in those countries may be advised to eat 30 grams of nuts daily (about 1 ounce, 160 calories). Some diet experts advise Americans to eat a “handful” of nuts daily. Depending on your hand size and how many nuts you can hold you could eat up more than 300 calories of nuts daily. For a 2,000 calorie diet, 300 calories is 15% of total calories versus 8% for one ounce of nuts.
This video looks at ten common diet tips and why they are not as helpful as they can or should be.
