Sunday, May 20, 2018

This Carbohydrate Type Proven Success Control Weight Loss

Recent studies of certain types of carbohydrates called resistant starch indicate that type of carbohydrate is a type of carbohydrate that can control weight. Resistant starch is a carbohydrate that is resistant to digestion.

Reported by Time, resistant starch cuts the digestive tract directly into the colon for metabolic processes. There, resistant starch is fermented and converted into short chain fatty acids, which the body burns as energy. Resistant starch also serves as a powerful prebiotic, as a food for intestinal bacteria in the colon.

Resistant starch is found in various foods such as nuts and seeds, as well as raw potatoes and unripe bananas. Products made from these foods, including peanut flour, potato starch, tapioca flour and red rice flour, also include resistant starch.

In all its forms, starch proved to help people to control their weight. In a Journal of Nutrition study published in October 2015, a professor in Skidmore College's health and sports sciences department, Paul Arciero and his team cooked a series of four pancake breakfasts for 70 women. Four pancakes are made from ordinary starch, starch plus whey protein, resistant starch which is a tapioca-based starch that is modified to be resistant, and the starch is resistant to whey protein.

Arciero and his team monitored the women after every meal for three hours and used the tools to see how many calories they burned. Surprisingly for Arciero, after the women who ate pancakes containing resistant starch plus protein, they experienced increased fat burning, compared to all other pancake types.

"Once you eat a carbohydrate-based diet, the fact that your body can burn a greater percentage of fat because its energy source is very unusual," he said. Adding protein to the dough also makes the women feel fuller,

It suggests a powerful combination of foods for people trying to control their weight. "If you can combine resistant starch with boiled eggs, or whey protein, or peanut protein, or chicken or Greek yogurt, it is a very powerful combination," Arciero said.

However, it is too early to know if resistant starch can help people lose weight. But new evidence suggests that resistant starch can help control weight by altering body composition and improving satiety.

"The potential for nutritional lifestyle interventions to fight obesity is fueled by foods high in carbohydrates, although we do not yet know how significant it is," Arciero said.

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