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Food lists and ingredients - starch food list

All too often, the Western diet is based on wheat, or wheat/ rice/ maize.

As the following list shows, a wide variety of starchy foods are available in the supermarkets.

A healthy diet should be based on a broad range of these starchy foods.

A broad range of foods in the diet should always be the aim of the menu planner.

*-high in calcium and potassium salts (the alkaline earth elements)

Food

%Starch

%Protein

Calcium mg / 100g



Amaranth

16.23

3.8

47



Arrow root

88

0.3

40



Artichoke- Jerusalem

8

2

14



Buckwheat, Kasha

71

13

18



Carob flour

40

4.6

348



Cassava

37

1.36

16



Cornflour - refined: avoid

60

11

11



Maize (dry)

25

14.5

25



Cornmeal

60

11

11



Millet, flake and flour

72

11

8



Potato, baked

17

2.5

15



Potato flour

80

6.9

65



Potato






Pasta, fresh

25

5

6



Quinoa grain

52

14

47



Rice, brown grain

77

8

23



Rice, white grain

79

6.5

3



Rice, white flour

79

6

10



Spaghetti, dry

62

13

21



Sago - refined: avoid






Sorghum and Sorghum flour

74

11.3

28



*Sweet Chestnut dry, peeled

75

5

64



Sweet Potato, baked

7

2

38



Tapioca, Cassava, Manioc, dry perl

85

0.19

20



*Teff

36

13.3

180



Wild Rice, grain

72

14.7

21



Yam, baked

27

1.49

14



Breadfruit

16

1.07

17



Wheat flour

76

10.33

15















The following sweeteners can be used in moderation with starch meals:

Honey

Maple syrup

*Black treacle

*Molasses


 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Yenny Acevez (message id=3260 )
Do black and pinto beans have Starch?

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Peter (message id=3261 )
Pinto beans contain 34 percent starch and 21 percent protein.
Black beans are 45 percent starch and 21 percent protein

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Joy (message id=3277 )
My husband is on a 7 day liver detox diet which excludes starches. Does this rule out things like Great Northern Beans? or Kidney Beans

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Peter (message id=3278 )
If you need to avoid all starch then you must avoid beans as well

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by farah q zeshan (message id=3285 )
what kind of starchy food is good for my husband he is hypoglycemic? Can u name ingredients good for him please

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Joanne (message id=3323 )
How much starch is in edamame

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Peter (message id=3324 )
Edamame is a young green soya type bean.

It has 2.8\% starch and 11\% protein, so I would class it as a protein food

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by jane nelson (message id=3357 )
Can anyone help me separating these foods into starch, non starchy vegetables or protein?

Onion, taco seasoning mix, brown rice, kidney beans, corn, cheese, tomatoes, avocados, lettuce, sour cream. If you can help soon, that would be fabulous! Thank you

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by claudia (message id=3373 )
Do you have an extended list that includes common vegetables and grains, and the starch & protein content in each?



SO, for example:

Soy 2.8\% Starch 11\% protein

Pinto beans 34\% starch 21\% protein

Black beans 45\% starch 21\%t protein

Rice

Wheat

Amaranth

Quinoa

Buckwheat

Corn

Green Beans

brown rice

potatoes

radishes

peas

peaches

carrots

melon

strawberries

raspberries



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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by aleshia boston (message id=3449 )
I have seizures and I have to be on a ketogenic diet.I can't eat things with starch.Can you give me the full list of foods with starch in them?I know cornmeal,flour,potatos,pasta,rice,spagetti,and wheat are some of the things,but they aren't all of them.Also,I can't have can't have sugar and caffeine.This is my life.Can you help me,please

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Jessica Bird (message id=3461 )
I have a starch intolerance and have been eating a low-starch diet for 3 years now. I know you have the starch contents of nuts on your website, but do these figures represent low starch contents? Or would you consider nuts to be high in starch? I have avoided cashew nuts for three yrs thinking they were the only nuts high in starch. Nuts are the only dry food I can eat at the moment

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Kyle Waters (message id=3466 )
Do anyone have a listing of foods that don't have starch in them

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Beanroasted (message id=3500 )
Yes I think they have a quantity of both protein & starch, and perhaps lean towards the starch more so than the protein

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Jen Goodstein (message id=3512 )
My trianer recently told me I should eat only wheat bread as it does not contain starch.. Is this true? If not why wheat bread over white? Thanks

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by andi (message id=3529 )
Does cooking oil or milk contain starch

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by red (message id=3555 )
a couple of years back, i switched to only germinated see above heading. I was advised that once a grain is germinated, the bio chemistry inside the grain evolves into its' next stage: a plant. can you confirm?

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Pat Monda (message id=3600 )
I am on a no starch and no sugar cleansing for allergies by my doctor.

What can I eat

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by faith (message id=3677 )
I just read at another site that while beans are a good source of fiber, they do are in fact a starch

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Jess (message id=3855 )
hello,

i have a quick question..

does sausage contain starch?



Thanks



Jess

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Peter (message id=3856 )
Most sausages contain a high proportion of starch in the UK. You need to check the ingredients list carefully to find sausages in the UK that are mostly meat

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by june ryan (message id=3901 )
Neutral:

onion avocado lettuce sour cream RAW tomatoes

These can be combined with protein and starch



Starch:

Brown rice kidney beans corn



Protein:

Cheese COOKED tomatoes



seasonings are generally neutral although hot spices are not recommended



I guess you like tacos and chili. If you can enjoy them without the cheese and the tomatoes are not cooked you're OK for a starch meal. You know you can eat these things occasionally unless there are real health issues that necessitate a strict regime. Enjoy

June

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Meg (message id=3925 )
I'm not sure what your trainer is talking about. Brown and white bread both have starch but the difference is that brown bread also has more fiber which allows the starch and sugar from the bread to be released more slowly into your bloodstream. This will prevent your blood sugar from going too high and triggering the storage of excess glucose as fat

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by NAOMI (message id=3930 )
EVERY THING I EAT WITH SUGAR ARE STARCH I START ICHING. WHAT FOOD CAN I EAT WITHOUT STARCH OR SUGAR

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Amin (message id=4061 )
The inflammatory diseases of the breathing tract, of the nose, sinuses, throat, and bronchi, are due in a large measure to excessive eating.- of sugar and starch or carbohydrate foods. Many of the disease affections of the stomach and intestines are due to excessive sugar and starch eating.



People who eat lots of starches and sugars, and not enough leafy vegetables and fruits, rob their teeth, bones, and blood of a certain percentage of their minerals.



It's very simply my brothers and sisters...eat real simply foods! like real fruits and vegetables and herbs, like parsley,thyme,sage etc packed with kick ass antioxidants, your body loves simply carbs,sugars and starches...found in raw fruits and vegetables (not cooked) organic is best because the soil is not robbed of all its powerful micro buddys!



Ps don't forget to breath nice and deep as much as you can, get some air in your lungs to feed your body with oxygen, drink clean water...alkalise your body... desease only survives in acidic stomachs...become active, but not over the top (move your ass) i mean all this is a nice way.



If you need anymore info, i am willing to help.



Warm Regards

Amin

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by graham (message id=4091 )
I go to the gym a lot and im trying to build muscle, i recently read that body builders should stay away from starchy foods like potatoes and pasta is this true

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Michelle (message id=4114 )
My boyfriend has been diagnosed with Cataplexy and Narcolepsy. He was told that taking out starches completely and limiting his sugar intake would help him with this. Is this true?



Did you find any answers to your "What can I eat" question, Pat Monda?



This is the question I'm trying to help him with now.



Thank you,

Michelle

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Carol (message id=4118 )
Hi Amin,

I love the way up put that .. staight forward, to the point and factual, as much as we don't like to hear it:) Thanks!

C

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Carol (message id=4119 )
I'm on a no starch no sugar diet too. Please let me know what you find out!



Thanks,

Carol

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Wendy (message id=4319 )
I understand that quinoa is a protien.

That is what it says on my packet

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by ROBIN (message id=4361 )
I AM VERY UNEDUCATED AS FAR AS NUTRITIONAL VALUE IN FOODS



I HAVE RECENTLY JOINED A GYM THAT HAS BEEN A GOD SEND BUT MY COACH TOLD ME TO CUT OUT STARCHES...



I AUTOMATICALLY CUT OUT ALL POTATOES, BREAD AND PASTA



I WAS TOLD BY A FRIEND TODAY THAT TOMATOES HAD STARCH IN THEM AND I EAT A "LOT" OF TOMATOES....



IF MY OBJECTIVE IS TO CUT OUT STARCHES, ARE TOMATOES BAD FOR ME

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Peter (message id=4362 )
Tomato contains very little starch

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by lorie (message id=4416 )
Although you should stay away from soda, is it a starch and should only be consumed when eating starches

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Peter (message id=4417 )
Soda is a chemical with no food value, so not a protein or a starch

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Santos (message id=4420 )
I am intolerant to starch and I am trying to find something that substitutes bread. I think I've found that flaxseed flour has almost no starch. Somebody can confirm that?

I also heard almond bread, but I can't find it anywhere

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by A. Robins (message id=4424 )
Kidney beans will assist with liver cleansing if eating in moderaton.



Tony

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by (message id=4425 )
hi i am

pia

dose sabudana contain starch?

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Peter (message id=4426 )
Sabudana is tapioca or sago. It is almost pure starch

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Roxanne Meggs (message id=4429 )
The doctor just recently took me off all milk products and told me to stay away from starch any suggestions

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Jennifer B (message id=4495 )
Hey, I was wondering if placing a drop of iodine on foods(knowing not to eat it afterwards) is the only way to tell if the food has starch in it.



Thanks,

Jen





Ps if you don't know the answer that is fine, but I am curious

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Dell (message id=4496 )
does milk contain starches of any sort

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Heather Wood (message id=4532 )
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I would Imagine you have a hard time eating fruits also yet it is imperative that you get nutrition from them. Juice Plus, juices, dries, and blends 17 different fruits and vegetables together making them tolerable to unusual conditions.

Best regards

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Sarah Hanratty (message id=4590 )
A few yrs ago I discovered that eating potatoes and white bread didnt agree with me, since then Iv also become intolerent to caffene potatoe chips white rice and also when I eat certain foods together ex. I can eat popcorn and I can eat chocolate (in moderation) but if I eat the two of them together (1 after the other) I suffer terrible afterwards.

Any suggestions what might be wrong with me?!

Id appreciate any help.



Thank you,

Sarah

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Diane (message id=4659 )
Is popcorn a starchy food? I must avoid starches and sugar due to illness and I am having an tuff time finding anything to snack on

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 Food lists and ingredients starch food list  Posted by Diane (message id=4660 )
Is popcorn a starchy food? I must avoid starches and sugar due to illness and I am having an tuff time finding anything to snack on

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