{"id":3287,"date":"2025-10-24T11:44:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:44:17","slug":"%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b8%ce%b5%ce%ba%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf-%ce%b1%ce%bc%cf%85%ce%bb%ce%bf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/en\/%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b8%ce%b5%ce%ba%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf-%ce%b1%ce%bc%cf%85%ce%bb%ce%bf\/","title":{"rendered":"RESISTANT STARCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The past years the words \"resistant starch\" have been circulating around the healthcare and dietology spaces. What is it though and how does it help us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resistant starch is a type of carbohydrate that, as its name suggests, is <em>resistant<\/em> to the breaking down and being digested in the small intestine. It doesn't get converted to glucose like most types of starch, but travels undigested to the large intestine, where it acts like a dieetary fiber. There, it gets fermented by the \"good\" bacteria of the intestine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are the benefits of it?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Contributes to intestine health, supporting its microbiome. In that way, it fights constipation and reduce the risk of various illnesses like colon cancer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduces the risk of illnesses that have to do with high levels of blood sugar, since it slows down the glucose absorption in the bloodstream<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increases the saturation levels, helping with hunger and portion control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where do we find it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>In cereals (ie oats, especially soaked), seeds and legumes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In raw foods, like raw potato or unripe banana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forms when cooked foods with starch get cooled down (like cooked and cooled pasta, rice or potatoes, even if heaten up before consumption)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There's also artificial sources like potato starch powder<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Consuming resistant starch has to be combined with consuming enough dietary fiber and water daily. This combiation can help improve your lifestyle and the maintenance of a healthy weight.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThe past years the words \"resistant starch\" have been circulating around the healthcare and dietology spaces. What is it though and how does it help us?\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/en\/%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b8%ce%b5%ce%ba%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf-%ce%b1%ce%bc%cf%85%ce%bb%ce%bf\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;\u0391\u039d\u0398\u0395\u039a\u03a4\u0399\u039a\u039f \u0391\u039c\u03a5\u039b\u039f&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3289,"href":"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287\/revisions\/3289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diatrofology.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}