Resistant Starches

Resistant starches are starchy foods that are metabolized differently.

Resistant starches are foods that do not get broken down and goes into the intestines, turned into short chain fatty acids by the intestinal bacteria, acts like fiber and feeds the healthy bacteria. Ie. Cooked beans/legumes, starchy vegetables such as sweet potatoes, yam, pumpkin, or potatoes and rice when cooked then cooled.