Potato starch is a valuable element of healthy nutrition, regulating the carbohydrate balance and replenishing energy costs, but only if it comes to its natural forms.
According to the chemical formula, starch refers to rapidly digestible carbohydrates and consists of amylopectin with amylose.
It is useful or harmful for the human body, we will tell below.
- Use of natural product
- Harm of refined
- Reviews of naturopathic physicians
- Pros and cons of
- Food supplement
- Cornstarch
- Therapeutic properties of
- Alternative use of
Potato and not only
These granular impregnations of white or light-yellow, which are located in a potato tub near the eye.
The grooves( oval or round) show grooves.
The larger the grain, the higher the quality of the starch.
A substance belonging to a group of polysaccharides is presented in two forms - natural or refined.
The first, except for potatoes, is abundant in wheat
, rice, barley, corn, buckwheat, soy, carrots, oats, grains of rye, chestnuts and legumes.Raw material for starch produced in industrial conditions, usually become potatoes, rice, wheat, corn and chestnuts. The output is a white powdery powder, creaking when compressed.
Benefit of natural product
Half of its energy a person receives from starch - the most productive carbohydrate in this plan. Starch copes with another duty - to supply the body with carbohydrates, providing 80% of the daily allowance.
Also starch is occupied with increasing immunity and producing organic acids, is involved in the formation of riboflavin and the synthesis of vitamin B2, which together accelerates metabolism and normalizes digestion.
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Other advantages of starch:
- fights against age-related sclerotic manifestations, reducing the cholesterol( in the blood and liver);
- is useful in diseased kidneys, since it removes excess water from the body;
- due to unrefined carbohydrates inhibits the growth of pathogenic cells, relieves inflammation and prevents the development of tumors;
- significantly slows the absorption of blood sugar, reducing its level after eating;
- has enveloping ability, reduces acidity in the food tract and protects the mucous from ulcerative lesions.
In starch kernels, there is a lot of potassium needed by our heart, kidneys, nervous system, muscles and blood vessels.
Its task is to regenerate tissues and synthesize collagen, remove heavy metals, assimilate iron, potassium and, of course, fight off infections.
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Harm of refined
Despite the wide range of applications of modified starch - the production of glues, paper, textiles, medicines, as well as gastronomy - for a person it does more harm than good.
This creaky powder is in demand by the food industry, acting as a thickener in sauces, jellies, gravies, desserts, puddings, soups, creams and dragees.
Potato, corn and rice starches are the basic ingredients of maltodextrin, giving volume to fillers, fragrances and extracts.
Chemical reactions occurring during the modification of starch, change its natural structure, provoking obesity, gastric malaise, pancreas and flatulence.
Refined starch increases the amount of inulin , which negatively affects the vision, vessels and the general hormonal background.
As a saturated carbohydrate, starch instantly replenishes energy losses, but when abused, it leads to rapid weight gain.
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Reviews of doctors-naturopathians
The lion's share of carbohydrates( 4/5 of the daily norm) we get from starch, the molecules of which do not dissolve in fluids we know.
- The molecule "does not melt" in water, ether and alcohol. These insoluble particles clog the blood, adding to it the density.
- Blood is released from the ballast, "equipping" a separate warehouse for it.
- Purified starch( especially in white flour) causes hardening of liver tissue.
- Modified starch retains water in the body.
Doctors-naturopaths remind, that, absorbing starchy products, it is necessary to supplement them with vitamins and microelements. Otherwise, starch will ferment and rot, causing unpleasant symptoms.
For and against
Adherents of a healthy diet urge not to get rid of starch, but to reduce its share in the diet: this food should not be more than 1/5 of our menu.
It is difficult to do without this high-grade carbohydrate, and it is not necessary: a significant part of agricultural products grown for animals and people are starch-containing products.
Remember the simple rules of :
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Starches get along well with each other, but they do not tolerate the neighborhood with other products. - It is recommended to supplement starches with fresh green salads( with vegetables).
- Starches are digested if the body does not need B vitamins.
- The starchy food is digested worse after cooking than raw.
Food supplement
Refined starch is difficult to digest and is excreted. The food industry is not stingy, adding this little-used powder:
- to liquorice and liqueur sweets;
- fast food semi-finished products;
- confectionary cream, glaze and fillers;
- yogurts and instant desserts;
- meat and fish products;
- canned food and frozen food;
- drinks, noodles, soluble and dry soups;
- ice cream, glazed nuts and crackers.
If you are not afraid to gain extra pounds, eat foods with a high starch content:
- fries,
- chips,
- potato croquettes,
- cooked and raw potatoes,
- horseradish( beneficial properties for the body),
- carrots and ginger.
Low starch content fixed in:
- pumpkin,
- artichoke( use and harm to health),
- asparagus,
- mushrooms( about the use and harm of peanuts read here),
- parsley,
- spinach,
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pepper( green and red), - chicory( than is soluble for women),
- garlic,
- pea,
- kohlrabi,
- cabbage,
- radish( benefit and harm to the body) and parsnip.
Cornstarch
The product( simple and refined) is made from corn kernels. Both types are used for the needs of the food industry, but, unlike the cleaned, simple - not only safe, but also useful for health.
Vitamins( B, PP, E) of and trace elements of sodium( 30 mg), phosphorus( 21 mg), calcium and potassium( 16 mg each) and 1 mg of magnesium are found in corn starch.
This product is included in the diet menu, since it does not contain gluten. For example, the famous Ducane diet is built on baking baking using cornstarch.
Therapeutic properties of
Products containing corn starch are recommended to be added to the diet for those who suffer from diabetes mellitus.
The inhibited release of sugars guarantees a stable, without jumps, blood sugar level, which is important for such patients and for "cores".
Corn starch is able to:
- remove harmful substances and slags;
- provide nutrition to nerve cells and stimulate muscle growth;
- maintain the elasticity of blood vessels( cleansing by folk methods) and normalize blood coagulability;
- to help with hypertension and anemia;
- prevent cardiovascular disease;
- to increase the body's defenses;
- to awaken the appetite and reduce the content of "bad" cholesterol.
In small doses corn starch is taken to treat nervous disorders, severe stress and prolonged depression. They also use the product to prevent epileptic seizures.
It has choleretic abilities , it is used in the therapy and prevention of urolithiasis, with inflammation of the bladder. Symptoms of inflammation remove decoctions and infusions based on cornstarch.
Alternative use of
Like potato starch, corn becomes a natural thickener for gastronomic purposes.
Farmers and other agricultural producers add starch to the feed of cattle and pigs to achieve a record increase in weight before slaughter.
Pharmaceutical companies substitute simple sugars in vitamin supplements for cornstarch: it splits for a long time, not allowing the body to lack a sugar.
The product is used in pharmaceutics as an auxiliary component for the release of powders, ointments and tablets.
In powdery powders it replaces talc , for which the fame has long been established: it is believed that talc is guilty of certain forms of oncology and circulatory diseases.
Starch absorbs moisture, so it was chosen as a talc double in powder, intended for babies.
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