So, you’ll get a little bit of resistant starch from hummus and bean salad, but more from warm dishes like chili or chana masala. As bananas ripen, much of the starch gets converted into sugar ( ...

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Eases constipation. Resistant starches can help loosen stool and ease constipation. Reduced constipation can help avoid issues like hemorrhoids. Add lentils to a soup or salad. Use uncooked oats ...

or rice salad is another good way to incorporate resistant starch into your diet. By contrast, type 4 resistant starch is a chemically modified starch that doesn’t occur naturally, Patterson says.

or peas or lentils sprinkled atop a salad. Arévalo also recommends blending chilled or canned beans with herbs or spices to make a dip. A different type of resistant starch is also found naturall ...

For many years, I assumed potato salad was a distinctly American dish, full of one of the country’s favorite starches and laden with mayonnaise. I’ve since learned that the dish probably ...