What is starch?
Starch is how plants store excess energy. In dietary terms, it’s a long chain of sugars that takes time for our bodies to digest.
There are two kinds of starch: Amylopectin and Amylose. Amylopectin is easier to digest (although ability varies from person to person) and amylose is difficult to digest for everyone and therefore known as “resistant starch.” Most starchy vegetables are a combination of the two, but the ratios vary.
Restricted foods:
Fruits
- Green bananas
- Melons
- Grapes
- Dried fruit
Vegetables
- Peas
- Sweet potatoes and yams
- Corn
- Parsnip
- Pumpkin
- Taro
- Yucca
- Plantain
- All legumes
- Chestnuts
Protein
- All proteins are fine to eat
Fats
- All fats are fine to eat
Grains
- Avoid all gluten/wheat containing grains
