re: 7 Ways to Eat to Boost Your Brainpower Without Taking Supplements

grulla — 8/11/2018 8:19:44 AM

"The answer is that you want to focus on digestive-resistant starches with indigestible low-viscous fibers that act as prebiotics and do not cause blood sugar spikes." I boil small organic red potatoes and then refrigerate them for 24 hours, after which they are sliced and diced for what could be described as a Mediterranean style potato salad, with mostly all organic ingredients such as EVOO, ACV, and bulk co-op spices such as coarse garlic granules, oregano, paprika or turmeric, parsley or fresh cut cilantro, or what ever creative recipe anyone else can come up with.

Similarly, I plan ahead and prepare a large week's batch of 2 cups of WHOLE groat oats with a lengthy soak and periodic rinse to help minimize lectins. The 2 cups of groats are covered with water with 2 tablespoons of ACV for a 24 hour soak, (and rinsed in a large strainer after 12 hours and then soaking again with water and ACV for another 12 hours). One or two diced organic apple(s) with appx 4 cups of water are added, for a 10 minute minimal temperature boil, followed by a 24 hour cooling off period where all the loose water is absorbed and the WHOLE groats, with the diced apples, rises in the pot, and then refrigerated to achieve an amylose starch resistant groatmeal for a next day(s) breakfast portions, garnished with Ceylon Cinnamon and ghee.

And quinoa is prepared somewhat similar, not pre soaking, but just rinsing to remove saponins. Like my above whole oat groat recipe, that is how I now prepare quinoa. As "Krofter" recently posted, if you see the quinoa turn into o-rings, it's been over cooked and starchy. By preventing that, as well as refrigerating for 24 hours before reheating, one can help maintain a sufficient level of amylose resistant starch quinoa. Just bring 2-3 cups of water for every cup of quinoa to a boil and slowly pour and stir the "grains" in, and add a diced apple after the boil returns. Boil rapidly, but briefly for a few minutes, then turn off the heat (continue