I'm okay. I freaked out about
the tb blood work earlier in the week. It is what it is.
I have been reading up on the resistant starch.
Here is something I found........
According to the article here, resistant starch crystals form when potatoes, rice and pasta are cooled.
www.realage.com/blogs/doctor-oz-roizen/rice-pasta-and-potato-salad-diet-food
"If you think filling up on leftover pasta straight from the fridge will shrink your waist, you're on top of the latest diet craze: resistant starch. This stuff is suddenly everywhere: In a headline-grabbing book (The Carb Lover's Diet), in a Japanese pounds-off plan (the Morning Banana Diet), even in the fiber advice of Australia's nutrition guidelines.
For once, though, a weight loss fad has science on its side. Resistant starch (RS for short) is a tasteless form of fiber in some high-carb foods that can help you lose weight and steady your blood sugar. Beans (a YOU Doc fave food) are RS-rich. So are nuts, seeds, and 100% whole grains (we love those, too). So are green bananas (we'll pass). And -- this is where the fad part comes in -- so are cold pasta, potatoes, and rice.
Your small intestine digests only a little RS and only very slowly (which helps you feel fuller, longer). Most of it makes a splashy exit because RS makes your poop bulky. Since you don't digest most RS, you don't get its calories.
Why eat starchy foods cold? When foods like pasta, potatoes, and rice are cooked and chilled, tight crystals of resistant starch form. Don't reheat them; you'll break up the crystals. Our take: Keep on eating healthful goodies like beans, lentils, whole grains, nuts, and seeds; all are RS sources. Enjoy reasonable portions of cold potatoes, whole-grain pasta salads, and sushi rice now and then. Don't even think of gorging on green bananas -- resistant starch is hot, but they're not."
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I really don't think I could eat green bananas. I do eat bananas, ripe cantaloupe and applesauce. I eat beets and asparagus tips. I tried green beans...and well...it wasn't pretty. I didn't digest them AT ALL.
I think portion control and variety is important.
I eat a LOT of rice. I do well with it. I haven't tried it cold but I think I can do that. I will try it. I eat a lot of protein....chicken, fish, turkey, pork, ham.......some ground beef and some steak in small portions. I eat some pasta but not much. I eat some white bread on occasion. I eat potatoes every way I can get them. But again, in small portions.
I will try the navy beans. I learned that if you put baking soda in soaking beans that it takes out some of the gas afterwards.
I'm eating cold rice for lunch right now. Thanks again!