{"id":1960,"date":"2012-07-21T16:19:35","date_gmt":"2012-07-21T16:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funandeducational.com\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2012-07-21T16:32:48","modified_gmt":"2012-07-21T16:32:48","slug":"are-rice-and-potatoes-safe-starches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bng.als.mybluehost.me\/funandeducational\/are-rice-and-potatoes-safe-starches","title":{"rendered":"Are Rice and Potatoes Safe Starches?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those who are on a low-carb diet, they know that bread, pasta, pastries, and flour products are among the bad starches to avoid. \u00a0And they contain the <a href=\"http:\/\/blissfulwriter.hubpages.com\/hub\/The-Problem-with-Wheat-and-Gluten\">anti-nutrient gluten from wheat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But there is some debate as to whether rice and potatoes are okay to eat &#8212; in which <a href=\"http:\/\/perfecthealthdiet.com\/2011\/10\/jimmy-moore%E2%80%99s-seminar-on-%E2%80%9Csafe-starches%E2%80%9D-my-reply\/\">Paul Jaminet termed &#8220;safe starches&#8221;<\/a>, where &#8220;safe&#8221; refers to free from toxins like gluten. \u00a0 However, whether a person can eat them depends on their level of hyperglycemia and their level of low-carb diet. \u00a0Certainly healthy people can eat them.<\/p>\n<p>There is debate about safe starches between Paul Jaminet, <a href=\"http:\/\/livinlavidalowcarb.com\/blog\/more-safe-starches-stuff-and-why-ive-decided-not-to-test-them-on-myself\/12068\">Jimmy Moore<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/drrosedale.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/22\/is-the-term-safe-starches-an-oxymoron\/\">Ron Rosedale<\/a> about it. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2011\/11\/23\/low-carb-high-fat-diet.aspx\">Dr. Mercola\u00a0summarize in an article<\/a>.\u00a0 And in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qDoPwIp71_I\">interview with Jaminet<\/a>, Dr. Mercola tended to side with Paul that we do need at least a little bit of carbs from safe starches. \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.archevore.com\/panu-weblog\/2011\/9\/29\/jimmy-moore-inquires-about-safe-starches.html\">Kurt Harris<\/a> weighs in by saying &#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I also have come to see most starchy plant organs as perfectly legitimate fuel sources.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In conclusion, yes, I think rice and potatoes (including sweet potatoes) are safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who are on a low-carb diet, they know that bread, pasta, pastries, and flour products are among the bad starches to avoid. \u00a0And they contain the anti-nutrient gluten from wheat. But there is some debate as to whether rice and potatoes are okay to eat &#8212; in which Paul Jaminet termed &#8220;safe starches&#8221;, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bng.als.mybluehost.me\/funandeducational\/are-rice-and-potatoes-safe-starches\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Are Rice and Potatoes Safe Starches?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-1960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational","tag-nutrition"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bng.als.mybluehost.me\/funandeducational\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bng.als.mybluehost.me\/funandeducational\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bng.als.mybluehost.me\/funandeducational\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bng.als.mybluehost.me\/funandeducational\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bng.als.mybluehost.me\/funandeducational\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bng.als.mybluehost.me\/funandeducational\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1964,"href":"https:\/\/bng.als.mybluehost.me\/funandeducational\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions\/1964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bng.als.mybluehost.me\/funandeducational\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bng.als.mybluehost.me\/funandeducational\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bng.als.mybluehost.me\/funandeducational\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}