Nick Norwitz explains how resistant starch, a type of carb that resists digestion in the small intestine, targets visceral fat and can shrink a beer belly even when calories stay the same. Double-blind trials show the effect works. It's found naturally in green bananas and can be added to foods like hamburger buns.
The secret to losing a beer belly might be starch. No, no, not that starch. This is a special class of starch that avoids digestion in the small intestine and instead feeds the microbiome. That sets off a chain of events that causes visceral fat to melt away. That's the kind that causes a beer belly, poisons your heart, even shrinks your brain. And now there are double-blind human randomized controlled trial data showing Even when calories are controlled, this special starch melts away visceral fat. It's called resistant starch, and it's found in foods like green bananas. In the studies, it's given as supplemental powders to participants, and there's no reason you can't bake it into some popular carby foods like hamburger buns. So my question for you is, if you could have one beer belly blasting carb, what would it be?
