Reheat your Pasta Leftovers to Help Control Weight
Great
news, pasta lovers – reheating your leftover pasta is not only an easy
means to a delicious and healthy meal, but it can also help you control
weight. As explained in a recent article on Time.com, resistant starches
(found in leftover pasta) are a type of carb that bypass digestion in
the small intestine and instead go straight to the large intestine to be
metabolized. In doing so, these resistant starches are then changed to
fatty acids, which the body burns as energy. These starches also provide
food to colonies of gut bacteria to sustain them for weight control.
Resistant
starches also have added benefits for people with type-2 diabetes. They
improve measures of inflammation in the body and also improve lipid
profiles in women suffering from diabetes.
Resistant
starches can be found in leftover pasta. When starchy foods like pasta
are cooked and then cooled in a refrigerator, the chemical bonds are
redesigned, making them resistant to digestion in the small intestine.
Best of all, this design remains even when you reheat your pasta. So go
ahead and make more pasta than you need for just one meal – the more
leftover pasta you eat, the better chance you have for controlling your
weight!
