Since you are more familiar than most with the freeing mode of fat burning, you are clear about the advantages of having more fat, and less carbs, in your diet in general.

And now if that’s the case, I know you also know that we actually USE carbs strategically in order to re-up certain hormones in order tonot plateau or slow weight loss (or create the feeling of restriction in life!).

All good and clear here.

But regardless, aren’t all carbs the same??  Or rather don’t all carbs BEHAVE like carbs to a greater or lesser degree (raise blood sugar, make body release insulin, contain CALORIES)?!?

Actually no.

There’s an additional category of carbs that are called RESISTANT STARCHES and they are GOOD to know about.

Resistant starches are a type of carb that behave differently than the average garden variety carb (corn, rice, wheat, or simple sugars).

These carbs are NOT quickly converted to glucose and eitherburned as energy or stored as fat.

Resistant starches instead pass through the small intestine intact due to them being RESISTANT to the enzymes that break down complex starches.

Therefore these carbs are NOT broken down into glucose (which means no/super low calories) AND there is no insulin surge in the body as well.

Clearly that could be seen as HIGHLY DESIRABLE stopping right there.

But there’s more!

Resistant starches are GREAT for the GUT!

Healthy bacteria happily devour resistant starches and GROW, as it’s a FABULOUS food for gut microbes which are the ones that increase the proportion of “good” bacteria in the gut.

So resistant starches function like a PREbiotic = feeds health benefitting PRObiotics.

And all of this is GREAT news for you and your tummy as it:
 – improves digestion
– increases nutrient absorption
– increases the growth of bugs that nurture the mucus lining of the gut (protective layer which when compromised can affect weight gain, inflammation, and overall health).

Additionally resistant starches easily help with weight loss by:
– decreasing the amount of calories in a meal when substituted for wheat flour and other quickly metabolized carbs
 – increasing fullness for longer (results in consuming less food)
– boosting fat burning and decreasing fat storage after a meal(insulin levels+)

And so what ARE these resistant starches??

Examples:
 – plantains
– taro root
– SHIRATAKE NOODLES
– jicama
– Unripe (use sparingly especially if a fat burning lifestyle is your thing)
 – green bananas
– mangoes
– papayas

So that’s it!

Check them out!  And if pasta is your bag the SHIRATAKE NOODLES pictured might provide a MUCH welcome substitute, or alternative if inclined.

And if you’d like to learn more about an approach to weight loss that feels EASY and is NATURAL, the 5 parts of Fat Burning spells out the pieces that make that possible.

If you’d like to peruse a program that will get you UNHOOKED from carbs in the first place so that weight loss is so much simpler and improved health is automatic, please give the 5 week Fat Burning Mastery program a gander.

If you’re also feeling confused around fitness or need a little more structure or guidance on the matter please peruse this series of coaching and training programs to see what might be attractive or give you a sense of what might be possible.

And lastly, if you’ve yet to listen to an episode of the Unbound Podcast there are several that might be worth your while in the fat loss, fitness or personal freedom effort.

To getting you clearer on how the body works, and how to make it work for you.  

xox, M