Health Benefits of Resistant Starch

[quintessentone]

Who knew?
 

Researchers have known about resistant starch for over twenty years but despite its health benefits it’s not something that we hear about very often. However, our experiment revealed a whole new way to improve the healthiness of our food that surprised everyone.


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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/article...ginal-meal

This information changes everything...now I will enjoy my leftover cooled then reheated carbs so much more.

Note: People with IBS may have issues.

Edit to Add:

One commenter said that toasting frozen bread also transforms it to resistant starch too. I always freeze my bread stuffs.

Another commenter says freshly cooked hot pasta or other starch can be cooled under cold running water, then reheated, and this supposedly converts it to resistant starch right away.

I will try this with pasta because I end up putting it back into a hot pot to add butter and salt, heat it up again, then add the hot tomato sauce to marry all the flavors. So this will work for me.

Edit to update:

The experiment cooled the starch for 24 hours, so I am not sure if that is a required time for the starch conversion, or they just used that time as a catch all time. Perhaps cooling for shorter times does not convert all or any of the starch? I am not sure, but I will cool or freeze it for 24 hours as per the experiment.

[sahgwa]

ya mean like leftover pasta and rice? always iffy in the microwave

[quintessentone]

ya mean like leftover pasta and rice? always iffy in the microwave

Yes, any starchy carb, including potatoes. As for which type of heat, good question, but my first thought that heat is heat, so does it really matter?

More information:

“Resistant starch is starch that passes through the small intestine undigested and moves into the large intestine, where the action of bacteria produce short chain fatty acids (SCFA). Resistant starch is categorised as:

• RS1: Physically enclosed starch, usually found in the cell walls of grains, seeds and legumes (peas, beans and lentils)
  
• RS2: raw starch granules as found in potatoes before cooking and green bananas
  
• RS3: retrograded starch found in foods like pasta, potatoes and rice after cooking and chilling (and re-heating)
  
• RS4: chemically modified starch, which does not occur naturally and is created in the laboratory.
  

https://www.drwf.org.uk/news-and-events/...-diabetes/

This makes me so happy.  RS3 is the ticket.

[sahgwa]

Leftover fries suck in the microwave. But they are good in the oven.

[quintessentone]

Leftover fries suck in the microwave. But they are good in the oven.

True, how about getting an air fryer?

[sahgwa]

True, how about getting an air fryer?

It's principle. Cuz like. trends. trends bad. Also to be honest more logically, I would use it like once a month max and then it wastes space. 
We tossed our crock pot.  But yeah i thought of that.
Last night I did our leftovers in the oven on the clay plates. It works nice. 
Taters is the perfect food. I love rice but taters has more options and nutrients.

[quintessentone]

It's principle. Cuz like. trends. trends bad. Also to be honest more logically, I would use it like once a month max and then it wastes space. 
We tossed our crock pot.  But yeah i thought of that.
Last night I did our leftovers in the oven on the clay plates. It works nice. 
Taters is the perfect food. I love rice but taters has more options and nutrients.

Yeah, but if you reheat potatoes often does not the energy savings using a smaller appliance than it takes to heat a big oven space make sense?

[sahgwa]

Yeah, but if you reheat potatoes often does not the energy savings using a smaller appliance than it takes to heat a big oven space make sense?

That ist true. But we generally just reheat full meals not just bits. I dont think air fryer has space for 2 dinner plate sized things but I haven't checked

[quintessentone]

That ist true. But we generally just reheat full meals not just bits. I dont think air fryer has space for 2 dinner plate sized things but I haven't checked

I've seen models with two separate drawers, so maybe it will work for you?

[UltraBudgie]

This is interesting because I just made vegetable curry with potatoes, and here's how I did the potatoes:

1. Peel and cut into 3/4" cubes
   
2. Soak in a pot full of cold water for 30 minutes
   
3. Replace water and bring just to a boil
   
4. Let sit for 30 minutes
   
5. Replace with cold water
   
6. Let soak for an hour or so
   
7. Drain and add it to the curry to finish cooking
   

I dunno if that did anything to the starches or whatever but I find potatoes not so great for the gut if I just cut them up and cook them in the curry directly, so I was fiddling around with pre-soaking and par-boiling and stuff to see if they turn out different.