potatoes anyone? was Re: Re: Belly swelling/bloating issues? - Why we need carbs

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ROTFL,

White potato has the same glycemic index as white rice. At the end of

the article I read the supportive quotes from the American Diabetes

Assoc spokesperson. I do not trust one whit of their diet advice, and it

makes me view the entire premise with suspicion.

This however is an interesting bit

> Unlike some types of fiber, resistant starch gets fermented when it

> reaches the large intestine. This process creates beneficial fatty

> acids, including one called butyrate, which may block the body's

> ability to burn carbohydrates. This can prevent the liver from using

> carbs as fuel and, instead, stored body fat and recently consumed fat

> are burned, explains Janine Higgins, Ph.D., nutrition research

> director for the University of Colorado's Adult and Pediatric General

> Clinical Research Center.

This could explain my confusion over why, on the suggested diet

recommendations for my metabolic type, potatoes are allowed (in small

servings with PLENTY of butter), as are other root vegetables that are

forbidden on other food lists I've tried. HOWEVER, I wonder if blocking

the liver from using carbs as energy actually increases carb converstion

to storage fat? Leaving out any mention of what happens to ingested

carbs that cannot be used as energy also raises red flags for me.

> In your body, carbohydrates are the preferred source of fuel,

Not in MY body, LOL.

sol