I am about to embark on a radical new weight-loss diet. Want to hear the rules? Beans on toast, leftover pasta and potatoes, and reheated rice. I sense you raising an eyebrow, but let me assure you.

And this tip is dietitian-approved.

Often, when we have a lot of unwanted weight to lose, we can feel stuck by the seemingly impossible task at hand. It can feel like only a total lifestyle overhaul could ever cause the scale to budge.

Carbs aren't known as a traditionally healthy food, but they transform when chilled. Cooling pasta, potatoes, and rice changes their structure and turns them into resistant starches. This makes them ...

In a recent review published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, a group of authors examined the health benefits of resistant starch (RS). It assessed the impact of food processing methods on its ...

Eating leftovers is a great way to reduce food waste and save money, but have you ever heard that certain foods are healthier after being cooled and reheated? Pasta, rice, potatoes,and other starchy ...

The humble bowl of leftover rice sitting in your refrigerator might possess surprising health properties that fresh rice cannot claim. This ordinary leftover, often overlooked or discarded, undergoes ...

When you think of starchy foods, you probably think of foods like bread, potatoes, rice, and basically anything that has carbs. (Yum!) Some varieties of these foods may also be good for you in a way ...

AMES, Iowa – Researchers at Iowa State University are mapping the potentially far-reaching health benefits of starches that take extra time to digest. The researchers, composed of about a dozen ...