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Resistant Starch Experiment

I spent the last week kayaking the Green River with my dad. I decided it would be a good chance to try 2 Tbsp 2x per day of raw potato starch and combine it with some probiotic supplements, Primal Defense Ultra and Bifidus Balance from Jarrow Formulas. I ate exactly the same thing every day of the trip as shown below:

Honestly eating this way I didn't feel any different from standard keto. Energy remained constant and hunger was non existent. Starting in the evening of the 3rd day I had some mild flatulence which continued for the remainder of the trip. I only had water or decaf green tea to drink. Every day included  10+ miles of paddling and one or more hikes from 2 - 12 miles in length.

My dad subsisted on 2 keto peanut butter cookies for breakfast, one apple, tangerine, plumb, serving of bacon jerky, serving of cashews for lunch and the same tomatoes and beef for dinner. The fruit is not part of his diet back home. Low carb high fat paleo has done wonders for his health over the last year. I'm so proud.
Can you see the tent on the river bank in the picture? It's just a dot and we aren't even up at the top yet.

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  1. Hello - thank you for that interesting writeup. Considering the prevalent internet wisdom concerning potato starch being "resistant" to digestion and not useable by the body as carbohydrate energy - do you really want to count it towards your caloric intake in your pie chart ?

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