tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012122365491344235.post510790764505100068..comments2018-10-02T20:48:16.612-07:00Comments on A Family Science Project of Resistant Starch on Gut Biome: And now, more waitingAllan Folzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06762674627739423845noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012122365491344235.post-12483995311739404612014-04-23T22:16:32.070-07:002014-04-23T22:16:32.070-07:00HI Allan,
Yes you had the controls prior so that...HI Allan, <br /><br />Yes you had the controls prior so that is unusual if all the other factors were accounted for. Even though I don't think there is any p value for so few measurements, I think it's interesting to review. <br /><br />Were there any other subject or objective changes? Sleep, scale, clothes fitting, mood observed for you or children?<br /><br />G<br />(also I'll clarify -- sulfur and metals are likely 0.00001% in any starch)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012122365491344235.post-78217187216895846572014-04-23T20:18:03.388-07:002014-04-23T20:18:03.388-07:00Thank you, Grace. I think it's very doubtful t...Thank you, Grace. I think it's very doubtful the PS was heated. I know neither the grocer nor I heated it. It's wintertime in Portland after all. Bob's is local to Portland too, though I don't think they manufacture the PS themselves. Still, wintertime... Unless it's coming from Arizona or Baja, I just don't see it having been heated.<br /><br />As for the other factors, no, not that I noticed. I wondered if a honey bolus, ice cream, or dark chocolate the night before could make a difference, but the few times I did those before the experiment even started and measured the next morning it didn't show any difference between the family member(s) that had the sweats and those that didn't. Numbers each morning were always pretty random. The kids would be less than the adults, unless one of them were spiking for some unknown reason. Also, the first time I saw a 100+ morning spike it was on myself. I re-measured a few minutes later wondering if it was a meter problem and got back the exact same reading.<br /><br />I suppose I'll have to look-up some green banana flour for us.Allan Folzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762674627739423845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012122365491344235.post-74461812422059618152014-04-23T20:01:12.592-07:002014-04-23T20:01:12.592-07:00Thanks Tim. Poor psyllium... can't get no resp...Thanks Tim. Poor psyllium... can't get no respect. :)Allan Folzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762674627739423845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012122365491344235.post-78283342881284406782014-04-23T17:55:18.403-07:002014-04-23T17:55:18.403-07:00Allan,
I love your summary and thoughts!
For the...Allan,<br /><br />I love your summary and thoughts!<br /><br />For the BG that is odd. Do you think that the potato starch was heated at any point -- like in storage, shipping or at your house? That would change starch to digestible carbs. No factors like poor sleep, change in carb diet, middle of the night hypoglycemia or stress factors raising the fasting BG?<br /><br />I like psyllium but it's imperfect. G banana flour is far more 'perfect' compared to potato starch in that it has the full range of fiber (oligosaccharides, antioxidants, stigmasterol and other plant steroids, serotonin, RS, etc), whole food (v refined full of sulfur, metals) and has additional properties that propel pathogens out of the gut.<br /><br />Thank you for your experiment!<br /><br />Grace/DRBGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012122365491344235.post-53259271593885607402014-04-23T09:55:45.212-07:002014-04-23T09:55:45.212-07:00Great job on your experiment, Allan! Can't wa...Great job on your experiment, Allan! Can't wait to look at full taxa reports. What I expect to see are good numbers of bifidobacteria and very low numbers of total actinobacteria. <br /><br />I think your progression of incorporating RS is like most who try it. I'm also in the realm of taking potato starch only sporadically, eating instead dried plantains (which I love) and cooked/cooled/reheated rice, beans, or potatoes with every dinner. I doubt that long-term gut health requires a contant, perfect dose or well-timed potato starch. <br /><br />Psyllium...yeah. My sentiments exactly. Dr. BG even took it off of her protocol in favor of banana flour for reasons you noted as well.<br /><br />No idea on the FBGs. Like you said, who knows. I guess an A1C would have been the correct way to determine, but since none of you are/were diabetic it just ' is what it is'. <br /><br />Thanks again, and thanks again, too, to the young artists in your house!Tim Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611027687223434753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012122365491344235.post-52451108717335767662014-04-23T07:15:28.878-07:002014-04-23T07:15:28.878-07:00Thanks Sean. Glad you got the postcard. Funny how ...Thanks Sean. Glad you got the postcard. Funny how we both had the same response to the RS. How about the dream connection? Any effect there? I wonder if dreaming might be related to one's bacteria population and my family isn't particularly inoculated with it.Allan Folzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762674627739423845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012122365491344235.post-57975867230065985832014-04-23T02:03:50.924-07:002014-04-23T02:03:50.924-07:00Hi Allen, its your friend from Australia, Sean. We...Hi Allen, its your friend from Australia, Sean. We got the post card. Thanks a lot! I had similar feelings about the mass doses of rs. Have backed off similarly. Look forward to the results. Keep fighting the informed fight.<br /><br />SeanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926193651734632355noreply@blogger.com