Levi Brown/Trunk Archive

ADMITTEDLY BIZARRE QUESTION: What if cooling your rice, potatoes, and pasta before eating them could change the way your body digests them, potentially improving their effects on blood sugar , gut health , and even weight loss ?

While the idea of refrigerating your dinner before eating it sounds like another ridiculous nutrition trend , this one (gasp!) actually has some legitimate research behind it.

It all comes down to resistant starch, a type of carbohydrate that escapes digestion in the small intestine and has shown to have some interesting effects on gut health, blood sugar, and more.

What is resistant starch?

MOST STARCHES (AKA complex carbohydrates) are broken down into glucose in the small intestine. That glucose is then absorbed into the cells and used for energy.

Resistant starch, as its name suggests, resists that process, passing through the small intestine intact. Once in the colon , it’s fermented by good gut bacteria.…