Cold leftover carbs

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rikia1629
rikia1629 Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition

science has shown that carbs chilled or frozen actually have fewer carbs the next day. Can this app calculate the difference?

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 37,121 Member

    Nope. AFAIK, there isn't a reliable calculation. There are some estimates that the calorie reduction could be potentially anything from 10% to more than 50%, with the starting type of starch and the cooling methods varying. I suspect the difference in digestible carbs would be equally variable.

    My advice, speaking from the perspective of a successful calorie counter, loss then long-term maintenance: Just count the calories and carbs for the food. Don't try to exploit "hacks". If you get a little calorie deficit bonus, that's nice . . . but it's very, very unlikely to be a high percentage of calories from a generally nutritious, calorie-appropriate eating style.

    This may be worth doing for carb reduction purposes if you're diabetic or insulin resistant, but if so you're probably better off checking your blood sugar levels to figure out how a food like that affects you, because there's variation amongst individuals in response to particular foods even before we attempt some kind of carb hacking. Resistant starch might even have some gut microbiome benefits, but again the impact is hard to estimate.

    TL;DR: Focus on the basics. Don't focus on hacks. If you want to chill your carbs for speculative extra benefits, go for it, but don't bother trying to quantify it. Just my opinion, though.

  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 19,117 Member

    Absolutely what Ann says. This is what I consider majoring in the minors. It's like trying to add the calorie burn from standing up on the bus on your daily commute to your exercise totals. IF there is a reduction, just take it as a little bonus. No tracking is 100% accurate, there's always a level of generalisation and this very much fits in that IMO.

  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,891 Member

    I follow this guy on youtube, insulinresistant1, who runs blood sugar tests with his glucose monitor. He did a freshly made 5 oz serving of white rice and then ate the refrigerated leftovers the next day.

    Fresh rice brought him up 40 mg/dl. Refrigerated (and then reheated) brought him up to 37 mg/dl. The other difference was the spike from the refrigerated rice lasted a little bit shorter than the freshly made rice.

    Do with that info what you will. ☺

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