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.
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.
