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Some of these mention research which backs up the claims. But is this food tip as good as social media encers suggest? The science behind it is actually sound, albeit a little confusing. But the actual health are not nearly as as been made out to be. When bread is cooked, it transforms the moist, dough into a soft loaf. The heat of the oven, combined with the water in the dough, causes the starch in the to expand and gelatinise.
The same thing happens when is added to a sauce and cooked until it thickens. These gelatinised starches are easier to digest, making the glucose (sugars) that these starches contain easier for our cells to get hold of. This is true of many freshly cooked starchy foods, particularly those low in or made from milled When foods containing gelatinised starches are cooled, the expanded starches shrink back down, becoming known as a such as white bread or potatoes. Some evidence suggests that this kind of rapidly available glucose might increase insulin levels just after eating. Although Should you freeze your bread? insulin is important as it helps our cells use glucose for energy (or store it for energy lat- er), too much insulin could cause you to the of freezing white bread then of the studies are small, the that sulin sensitivity somewhat.
This can help feel hungrier and possibly even gain toasting it. They compared store-bought freezing bread has seems consistent, and our bodies use blood sugar more weight. But when foods containing these gela- tinised starches are cooled, the expanded ing and thawing the bread reduced how only exist for a couple of hours after eating our muscles. starches shrink back down, becoming much it spiked blood sugar by over two the bread. So while freezing your bread be- known as a resistant starch.
These hours. Interestingly, toasting fresh bread fore eating it may help lower blood sugar even extend to other aspects of our metab- collapsed starches are harder for the en- also lowered the rise in glucose by zymes in our digestive tract to break down which means its also harder for our cells homemade bread was frozen, thawed, on appetite, weight gain or risk of certain short-chain fatty acids the gut bacteria to get hold of the sugar these starches con- then toasted reducing the blood sugar re- diseases (such as type 2 diabetes) is not produce when they ferment resistant tain. This means resistant starches are less sponse by This could poten- known and is likely to be very small. likely to cause a blood sugar and insulin tially help with hunger, as glucose and in- after eating them. The degree to which resistant starch is the frozen bread.
able to form depends on the baking tem- perature of the bread and whether then white bread was used, freezing before seems to form more resistant starch than est. But that mean you refrigerated or frozen. The rate of contrac- toasting did not improve the blood types of rice (such as arborio rice). tion is nearly twice in the freezer as it is in sugar response. This could the dif- the refrigerator, meaning that more resis- ferent ways in which commercial bread is than freshly cooked starch, resistant with the added bonus of some health tant starch will be formed.
Plus, freezing bread traps the water in ingredients used or the way the loaf is living in our colon. This helps maintain a keeping it fresher and softer than if you cooked then cooled may reduce the healthy balance of bacteria in our gut. Dietetic Association. This article is repu- stored it in the fridge, where water will be of freezing on the formation of resistant These bacteria then release chemicals on- blished from The Conversation under a lost causing the bread to go hard. A study on 10 healthy people looked at shown similar results.
So, although some help insulin work better by increasing in- loaves with homemade bread. For samples of homemade bread, freez- This was even greater when the on the next meal too), the long-term This is thought to be caused by the sulin levels will not rise as high after eating other cooked and chilled starchy foods But when commercial, store-bought all) types of rice. Basmati rice in particular fects on our long-term health is more mod- made compared to homemade bread. The starch provides nutrients to the microbes even if small. clear.
Other, more recent research, has also thoroughly investigated in the lab. But worth noting that these can be used more as a fuel by levels at one meal (and have a small olism, as it may also help lower cholesterol. Resistant starch can be found in many mean lower risk of heart disease. such as potatoes, pasta and some (but not dramatic they are short term, so their ef- As well as being harder to breakdown bread in the freezer can reduce food waste 2024 evidence is not completely to the cells lining the colon which help us to Creative Commons license. maintain a healthy metabolism.
Resistant starch has also been shown to ly, which is linked to better health, as they The of resistant starch may starches. Lower cholesterol levels may While these changes may seem quite still freeze your bread. Putting a loaf of Duane Mellor is a member of the British Health effects of freezing bread Duane Mellor Aston Medical School, Aston University THE CONVERSATION resistant starch. Resistant starches are less likely to cause a blood sugar and insulin after eating them. GETTY IMAGES.
