Did you know that you can extend the shelf life of your sliced bread by storing it in the refrigerator, or freezing it? You can even toast frozen bread slices right out of the freezer. But there’s another reason to store bread cold. That helps increase the resistant starch in the slices. Resistant starch is not digested in the small intestine like regular starch; instead it is fermented in the colon by the microflora there. Eating foods with resistant starch can reduce blood sugar spikes that can occur as your body digests regular starches. This nutrient causes healthy changes in several measures of overall health, including bowel function, glycemic response, inflammatory markers and insulin resistance.
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