Picnik Austin soups and salads are always divine, and sometimes a butter coffee or smoothie make a perfect meal replacement. But occasionally I like to opt for one of our white rice risotto dishes instead - to increase my intake of resistant starch. What is resistant starch? Basically it is a PREbiotic that helps feed all that good bacteria we work so hard to cultivate in our gut by consuming PRObiotics (in the form of supplements or fermented foods). And guess where the best sources of resistant starch are? Green bananas (or plantains), cooked and cooled potatoes, and cooked and cooled WHITE RICE. And regardless of whether I grab one of our risottos cold out of the fridge, or I take it home and heat it up - the resistant starch stays intact! Cool! Make sure you bookmark our daily menu to stay in-the-know about when were serving risotto! Give it a try and see how you feel - deeper sleep, better digestion, and weight loss are some of the reported benefits. Menu: picnikaustin/menu/ Plus resistant starch doesnt raise blood sugar the way regular digestible starch does, and it specifically feeds the very best gut bacteria thats known for creating butyrate. Butyrate helps the body produce vitamin B and K, and it may help treat Crohns disease. Heres an excellent article from our friend Tony Federico at Paleo Magazine that gives the whole run-down on resistant starch: paleomagonline/resistant-starch-the-good-the-bad-and-the-bacteria/ -Randi
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 23:20:46 +0000
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