Don't Forget to Eat THIS STARCH on a Raw Vegan Diet for Gut Health
John from shares with you the starch you need to eat on a raw vegan diet for improved gut health.
In this episode, you will learn about resistant starch and the importance of resistant starch on a raw vegan diet (or any other diet). You will learn what resistant starch is and why it can be an important component of your diet.
You will learn how a raw vegan ripe fruit-based diet can be low in resistant starch and how you can increase the amount of resistant starch you eat. You will discover why John started a raw vegan diet and why he is now more focused on eating all different types of resistant starch these days.
You will see how not considering your resistant starch intake can affect your short-chain fatty acid production, specifically butyrate, which is critical for gut health.
You will learn about 28 foods that are common sources of resistant starch and that you can eat on a raw vegan diet.
You will learn about the different types of resistant starch RS1-RS3 and learn which one you will be avoided if you are a raw vegan. You will learn about the resistant starches you can eat on a raw vegan diet.
Next, you will learn how much resistant starch you are eating on a raw vegan diet, which depends on the specific foods you eat. You will learn how some raw vegan diets may get little resistant starch. You will learn how much resistant starch a standard American gets as well as traditional diets, as well as what is recommended for gut health.
You will discover some of the benefits of including more resistant starch in your diet including reducing blood sugar, increasing your SCFA production, having better protection against colon cancer, lowering inflammation, strengthening your gut lining, and much, much more.
You will learn why including certain kinds of resistant starch may not be good, including isolated resistant starch and uncooked tubers.
Finally, you will learn about the types of resistant starch you can eat on a raw vegan diet if you want to stick to eating only raw vegan.
After watching this episode, you will learn the importance of eating more resistant starch on your raw vegan or any diet that you are currently eating.
Jump to the following parts of this episode:
00:00 Episode Starts
00:18 Importance of Resistant Starch
01:22 Why I started eating a raw vegan diet
01:56 We can not digest resistant starch
03:27 My Short Chain Fatty Acid Test
04:50 I am not a fan of starch-based diet
06:25 28 Sources of Resistant Starch
08:53 Resistant Starch is not a required nutrient
09:19 Types of Resistant Starch
09:42 RS1 – Resistant Starch 1 – Whole Intact Grains
10:07 RS2 – Resistant Starch 2 – Naturally Resistant
11:00 RS3 – Resistant Starch 3 – Retrograde Starch
12:22 How much resistant starch should we eat?
15:57 Benefits of Resistant Starch
20:20 Type of Resistant Starch You Eat Matters
24:00 How to Eat More Resistant Starch on a Raw Vegan Diet
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