Will eating starch make you fat? Use it in cooking to prevent cancer and control weight

When it comes to taro, many people think that it is full of starch and eating it will make you fat! In fact, although taro is rich in starch, it is "resistant starch" which has many benefits. Compared with ordinary carbohydrates, resistant starch helps with weight control, and can also effectively prevent colorectal cancer and stabilize blood sugar!

Taro is full of "resistant starch" and has 4 benefits, including preventing obesity

In addition to its rich aroma and delicious texture, Taiwanese taro is also rich in dietary fiber and potassium ions, making it a good ingredient for maintaining weight and regulating water balance in the body.

Not only that, taro also contains a lot of "resistant starch"! Resistant starch is different from ordinary starch. It is more difficult for the human body to digest and absorb. Instead, it is more like dietary fiber and can provide the body with four major benefits:

Benefit 1: Prevents colorectal cancer

Increasing the intake of resistant starch can effectively increase stool volume and lower the pH of stool to allow SCFA (short-chain fatty acids). Short-chain fatty acids can regulate the functions of some immune cells and control inflammatory responses, all of which help reduce the risk of colorectal cancer.

In addition, after fermentation in the large intestine, resistant starch can produce butyric acid and its salts, which are important nutrients for large intestinal epithelial cells and can inhibit the malignant transformation of cells and the proliferation of cancer cells.

Benefit 2: Stabilize blood sugar

Resistant starch is more difficult to be digested and absorbed by the human body, so it can slow down the release of glucose and moderate the rate of insulin response. Studies have also shown that people who consume resistant starch have significantly lower serum glucose and insulin levels than those who consume other carbohydrates, which helps control the condition of patients with type 2 diabetes.

Benefit 3: Inhibit fat accumulation

Resistant starch can regulate fat oxidation in the body and, by reducing insulin secretion, achieve the effect of regulating fat storage and utilizing its energy production.

At the same time, consuming resistant starch can increase intestinal hormone secretion, provide a sense of fullness, and reduce calorie intake, all of which help improve obesity.

Benefit 4／Probiotics

It can serve as a nutrient source for probiotics in the body, maintain healthy intestinal flora, and improve the intestinal immune system.

If you want to reap the benefits of taro, besides making it into salty food, nutritionist Cai Yixuan recommends you a dessert that is loved by both adults and children, fragrant, delicious and very filling - milky taro sago dew!

Creamy Taro Sago Dessert

Would you like a cup of fragrant taro sago? However, most of the taro sago available on the market uses coconut milk, which is high in calories and fat, and then pours half a cup of sago cooked with sugar water into it. Although it can make the taste rich, drinking it frequently can easily increase the risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease.

Therefore, we replace coconut milk with low-fat fresh milk and add high-fiber, low-calorie oats to maintain the rich milk flavor while making the taste more layered and increasing the sense of fullness. At the same time, we reduce the amount of sago and taro to reduce the weight burden.

Ingredients: 20g sago, 1/2 taro, 10g oats, fresh milk, honey

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1. Wash and peel the taro, cut into strips and put into the Tatung rice cooker. Steam twice with 1 cup of water in the outer pot.

2. After steaming, pour some into the pot, add a little milk and beat with a food processor

3. Pour cold water into the bowl with sago and stir gently with chopsticks to allow the sago to absorb the water.

4. Use a sieve to scoop out and put into boiling water, shake gently and mix until transparent

5. Put it in ice water immediately

6. After the oatmeal is boiled with hot water, put all the ingredients into the pot, heat them slightly, mix well and you can eat!