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Consuming Pre-cooked and Chilled food can benefit you !

Some types of starch are resistant to digestion. There are called Resistant Starch. They behave sort of like soluble fiber. Resistant Starch is believed to have several benefits on your digestive tract and colon. Resistant Starch may also help to manage blood glucose concentrations and oxidative stress in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Which foods have resistant starches? Certain foods like black beans, potatoes, barley, brown rice, etc have naturally elevated resistant starches.

Can you enhance resistance starch in food? Yes. Some starchy food like rice and potatoes enhance their resistance starch level when they are refrigerated for 12 hours or more. 

Refrigerated brown rice is even more resistant than white rice. A cup of rice ( normally 45 gm of carb ) for diabetic measurements may act as if it is equivalent to 35-40 gms of carb. This reduces insulin requirements accordingly for diabetics. Reheating of the food that was refrigerated. does not alter the resistant starch levels.  I have experimented and validated this from my own personal experience!

 

Here are some links where you can learn more about resistant starch and foods that contain them.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/resistant-starch-101#types

https://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2019/06/11/Resistant-starch-unsung-hero-for-digestive-health-blood-glucose-management-and-weight-control

https://journals.lww.com/acsm-healthfitness/fulltext/2016/09000/resistant_starch_and_type_2_diabetes_mellitus.14.aspx

https://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/blog/resistant-starch-dont-resist-its-effects