25/10/2024
Ever wondered why Resistant Starch is so good for us and our gut microbes?
Resistant Starch is a type of carbohydrate that resists digestion, reaching the colon where it acts as food for beneficial bacteria. One of its star benefits is increasing butyrate production - a short-chain fatty acid linked to gut health, reduced inflammation, improved metabolism, and even brain health.
There are 5 types of Resistant Starch (RS), and you can easily add more of it into your diet.
Here are some simple ways:-
✔ Cold potato salad
✔ Overnight soaked oats as opposed to cooked oats
✔ Potato starch or green banana flour in your smoothies (start low and go slow)
✔ Foxtail millet
✔ Cooked and cooled beans in salads, bowls, or even 1-2 tbsp in a smoothie
✔ Rye bread
Fun fact: You get more butyrate if your gut microbiome has an abundance of butyrate producing species like Faecalibacterium, Coprococcus, Eubacterium and Roseburia.
And if you’d like to find out if you have enough of these particular species, a ‘shotgun metagenomic sequencing microbiome test’ can help show if you do!