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Has anyone cooked potatoes baked/mashed etc and let them cool and reheated them again to eat,I'm just wondering of those people that have tested blood after doing that, have you had much of a lower bg reading as opposed to eating them while hot after just heating/cooking once,I have heard this can be done with rice and pasta
I am newly diagnosed (3 days ago) with Type 2 and was advised to watch "The Truth about Carbs" on the BBC iPlayer. There was a section which said that if you reheated cooked cold potato, rice and pasta, it increases the resistant starch and makes them slower to digest, thus reducing the "spike". Suggest if you can you watch it, as it contains information almost identical to the Type 2 book "Can I eat that?"
I am newly diagnosed (3 days ago) with Type 2 and was advised to watch "The Truth about Carbs" on the BBC iPlayer. There was a section which said that if you reheated cooked cold potato, rice and pasta, it increases the resistant starch and makes them slower to digest, thus reducing the "spike". Suggest if you can you watch it, as it contains information almost identical to the Type 2 book "Can I eat that?"
Has anyone cooked potatoes baked/mashed etc and let them cool and reheated them again to eat,I'm just wondering of those people that have tested blood after doing that, have you had much of a lower bg reading as opposed to eating them while hot after just heating/cooking once,I have heard this can be done with rice and pasta
I freeze mashed potato ( 150 gms ) portions, brown rice ( 120 gms ) portions and wholewheat pasta ( 120 gms ) portions ( all cooked weight ) I prepare the potatoes fully with milk and butter and cook the rice and pasta to very ‘al dente’. The potato is recooked in the microwave on high for four or five minutes and the rice and pasta is completed from frozen in fast boiling water for five minutes. This works well for me and maintains BG levels at very acceptable levels.
I freeze mashed potato ( 150 gms ) portions, brown rice ( 120 gms ) portions and wholewheat pasta ( 120 gms ) portions ( all cooked weight ) I prepare the potatoes fully with milk and butter and cook the rice and pasta to very ‘al dente’. The potato is recooked in the microwave on high for four or five minutes and the rice and pasta is completed from frozen in fast boiling water for five minutes. This works well for me and maintains BG levels at very acceptable levels.
