{"id":85939,"date":"2023-09-26T17:36:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=85939"},"modified":"2023-09-26T17:36:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:36:56","slug":"how-do-you-eat-your-bananas-dr-michael-mosley-reveals-how-timing-it-right-can-slash-your-risk-of-killer-cancer-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/lifestyle\/how-do-you-eat-your-bananas-dr-michael-mosley-reveals-how-timing-it-right-can-slash-your-risk-of-killer-cancer-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you eat your bananas? Dr Michael Mosley reveals how timing it right can slash your risk of killer cancer | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
HOW often do you leave your bananas sitting on your counter top to ripen? <\/p>\n
The fruit certainly seems more appealing when it's softer and sweeter. <\/p>\n
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But you might be missing out on bananas' health benefits by not eating them sooner, diet guru Dr Micheal Mosley argued. <\/p>\n
That's because green bananas are made up of resistant starch, "which isn't readily broken down in the gut but acts more like fibre", according to the TV doctor.<\/p>\n
Writing for Mail Online, Dr Mosley said resistant starch doesn't give you as big of a blood sugar spike, because you absorb less of it. <\/p>\n
Foods containing it also "feed the friendly bacteria in your gut", he added. <\/p>\n
These bacteria are key because they "convert the resistant starch into a fatty acid called butyrate". <\/p>\n According to the diet guru, butyrate can actually slash your skin of developing killer colon cancer, as well as benefiting your gut in other ways.<\/p>\n Dr Mosley cited new research showing that the resistant starch found in green bananas and other foods can help your liver, as well as your gut.<\/p>\n Researchers at Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital in China recruited 200 people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a build-up of fat in the liver . <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Dr Mosley noted: "One in three Britons has early signs of this condition, which is associated with a raised risk of heart attack, stroke and liver damage."<\/p>\n Patients in the study had a resistant starch powder made from maize or corn twice a day for four months. <\/p>\n Findings showed they had 40 per cent less fat in their livers, compared to those who didn't have the starchy powder at all. <\/p>\n Participants eating the powder daily also had reduced levels of liver enzymes and inflammatory factors associated with the disease, Dr Mosley added. <\/p>\n If you're looking to reap the benefits of resistant starch, no need to resort to eating maize powder. <\/p>\n "The good news is you can easily increase your consumption of resistant starch by eating oats, legumes and green bananas," Dr Mosley wrote. <\/p>\n Another good source of resistant starch is pasta – but not a freshly cooked bowl of it. <\/p>\n Dr Mosley said cooking, cooling and reheating rice, pasta or potatoes can convert the carby staples into a gut and liver friendly starch. <\/p>\n While reheating your pasta might seem like a faff, research also suggests that letting the comforting carb cool before tucking in can help with weight loss. <\/p>\n Dr Mosley has previously revealed which of your favourite breakfast foods could be doing you more harm than good. <\/p>\n He also shared a delicious drink that can usher you through your late night hunger pangs and help boost weight loss.<\/p>\n<\/picture>KILLER CRAVINGS <\/span><\/p>\n
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