4 Weight-Loss Superfoods You’re Likely Overlooking in Your Kitchen

Just one serving of resistant starches found in foods like cooked potatoes and canned beans boost weight loss by 340%, per a Purdue study. 

There are likely 4 superfoods sitting in your kitchen right now. Greg and Audra show you what they are and the best way to max out their benefits.  Take those leftover potatoes, for instance.  This is a prime opportunity to get the most out of leftovers. Cooking and cooling any variety of spuds triples their levels of resistant starch.  So proudly re-serve those spuds tonight!  Another resistant starch hiding in your cabinet are those canned beans.  Most cooked and canned beans are packed with resistant starch. for the biggest hit, opt for kidney beans.  As it slowly digests, it feeds good bacteria in the gut that helps out your stomach and speeds metabolism.   So,  beans aren’t just good for the heart!  Don’t wait to eat that green banana! The time is ripe now! Banana are a good source of fiber, but they lose a lot of its resistant starch during ripening.   To get this benefit from those green bananas, try adding unripe bananas to smoothies.   It may be worth the try as just one serving of resistant starches like green bananas boosts weight loss by 340% per a Purdue study.  Start your morning off with that metabolism feel good punch with oats.  Grains like oats and barley are rich in resistant starch, but cooking them causes levels to fall.   An easy hack shared by First for Women is to get all the goodness by making overnight oats.  You do this by soaking ½ cup of uncooked oats in 1 cup of yogurt or milk of choice and refrigerate.  It’s ready when you wake up.  Then just add your favorite berries.