I have done a lot of research on resistant starch and the jury is still out. Supposedly, when you cook potatoes for potato salad, let them cool naturally, then chill your potato salad for 24 hours, it will not raise blood sugar. (As a diabetic, that's where my interest lies.) Some people on a diabetes forum did a test on this, and each time they followed that procedure, they could eat the cold potato salad and not get a rise in blood sugar. One of the girls tried chilling the potatoes, then heating them up again and did not get the same results. Her blood sugar did go up. It would not have the same effect for someone who did not have diabetes, as your body automatically regulates your blood sugar correctly.
This is the first time I have seen this information about reheated pasta. This is something new I can research, and also do a little test on myself to see how it effects blood sugar. I would imagine if it changes the carb effect of the food it would also help with weight loss. I love pasta, even reheated, and I do eat it, even though I pay for it afterwards and have to use more meds.
Interesting.
I read over the article again and although they did the test, it didn't say that the people doing the experiment were diabetic. They probably weren't, and I don't think the blood sugar effect is quite as high on a healthy adult as it is with a diabetic. But it might be good enough to be effective for weight loss.
Last edited by Wannabehealthy; 11-20-2015 at 08:50 AM.
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