Starchy Carb Question

[jenscats5]

This has been suggested to me here & I've seen it before about having starchy carbs early in the day, ie before dinner. Then the dinner meal would be only fibrous carbs. What is the benefit of this?

Now I know this'll be the dumb part of the question but I assume by starchy carbs that'll be potatoes (white & sweet) bread pasta & rice. Anything else? Does whole wheat pasta count the same? Fibrous carbs are beans?

 

[JJFigure]

All right, I'll answer. The cleanest starch sources are those that have one ingredient: oats, rice, potatoes, yams, sweet potatoes, pumpkin - stuff like that. Less clean, but usually still acceptable starch sources are heavy grain breads and select pastas (whole wheat is an example).

When we talk about fibrous carbs, we're usually talking about veggies - spinach, broccoli, peppers, cucumbers, etc. Legumes are a combination carb/protein source, so that's not what I refer to when I talk fibrous carbs, but I know some of the women who prefer to not eat meat use a fair amount of legumes in their diet.

 

[jenscats5]

Thanks for the reply. I know I sounded like an idiot.

 

[JJFigure]

You did not sound like an idiot, silly.

Trust me, we all had to learn the differences between starchy carbs and fibrous carbs; clean carbs and processed carbs.

Keep asking!

 

[jenscats5]

Thanks!

The diet is the hardest part for me to get down! I wish I could just get a list as to what I can eat/not eat that'll work for me!! LOL

For reducing sugar consumption, would drinking Lactaid FF milk be better than regular skim milk? I was wondering if the lack of lactose would help?

 

[JJFigure]

Uh - I actually don't know the answer to that one; what are the ingredients? Do you have a carton you can look at?

 

[MissChris]

Lactaid still has the milk sugar in it (12g in the skim), so I think it'd be about the same. But, from my understanding, the lactose (sugar) in Lactaid is pre-digested, which is the main difference.

 

[makedah]

Lactaid just adds lactase, the enzyme that breaks down lactose.