Resistant starch, also known as resistant starch and indigestible starch, can not be hydrolyzed in small intestine, but can be fermented with volatile fatty acids in human gastrointestinal colon.
Resistant starch exists in some natural foods, such as potatoes, bananas and rice. Especially corn starch with high amylose content contains 60% resistant starch. This kind of starch is more difficult to degrade than other starches, and it is digested slowly in the body, absorbed slowly and enters the blood slowly. Its properties are similar to soluble fiber, and it has a certain slimming effect. In recent years, it has been favored by beauty lovers.
Some people say that rice can get resistant starch after cooling, which helps to lose weight. This is not true.
Everyone knows that rice should be eaten while it is hot, but no one has said that rice is delicious only when it is cold, so this statement does not apply to our daily life. Just like we often say that porridge should be eaten while it is hot. Cold rice will be more nutritious and help to lose weight. I have never heard this statement since I was a child, so I don't think it is true.
The so-called resistant starch actually refers to the starch that we can't be absorbed. This unabsorbable starch is useless to us, but it will hinder our body from absorbing sugar. Theoretically, not being able to absorb sugar does reduce energy intake. Moreover, it is not only cold rice that has resistant starch, but also many foods that we often eat in our daily life have resistant starch.
This resistant starch is not conducive to the digestion of the stomach. At the same time, not all rice will produce resistant starch after cooling. For example, glutinous rice will not produce resistant starch, and many rice will not taste good when it is cold. Therefore, I don't recommend that you cool your meals before eating. People who want to lose weight in this way are not realistic, because resistant starch is equivalent to the calorie of a candy, and eating it does not help much to lose weight.
If you lose weight by eating cold rice to produce resistant starch every day, you can only say that this method not only hurts your body, but also hurts your stomach. People with a bad stomach want to lose weight, so don't rely on this method. There are many ways to lose weight. Don't believe the so-called rumors easily. Some people say that you can get resistant starch after eating cold rice. This statement is true, but resistant starch is not very helpful to our health and is not conducive to weight loss.