This carb actually helps you slim down.
Learn what foods to find it in and how much you should be eating.
Repeat after us: not all carbs are bad.
Resistant starch is one of the good guys.
In larger doses, this carb may help us feel fuller longer and curb weight gain.
Plus, since it isn’t digested, it does not contribute calories to the foods it’s in.
Chan School of Public Health.
How much resistant starch should you eat?
Crosby recommends aiming for about 10 grams per day.
Most of us only get about 5.
What foods are high in resistant starch?
As a general rule, starchy foods have more resistant starch when they’re raw.
Cooking breaks up the structure of starch, meaning it’ll get digested before it reaches your large intestine.
But letting cooked carbs cool gives starch a chance to return to its hardened state.
