Water Chestnuts have a high starch content/ Was Re: question about a legal/illegal

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thanks sheila,

that makes sense to me. i thought the molecule most similar to the

disaccharide was more digestable. however elaine's website lists

water chestnuts as illegal. (unless i read it wrong ???). so maybe

it was one of those foods elaine changed status on after learning

more about it? is that possible?

donna

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> Hi Donna and Mimi,

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> Amylose is more digestible than amylopectin. Please see the

diagrams in BTVC, p29-30 10th edition.

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> The amylose is a chain of glucose molecules. The chains are acted

upon by amylase to break apart the structure into it's simpler to

digest glucose molecules. The problem with amylopectin is that it

is highly branched and if an individual doesn't have enough natural

enzyme production happening (injured gut...etc..) then only the

outer branches will be broken down leaving a large molecule. This

leaves a large portion of the molecule undigested and in the

digestivally challenged individual it will feed the microbes that we

are trying to starve on the SCD.

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> Elaine wrote that water chestnuts are legal ( " Water chestnuts not

at the beginning but later on " from Lyris

http://lyris.dundee.net/read/messages?id=220212#220212). They are

pretty fibrous though and are for later in the diet after some

healing occurs.

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> Sheila

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