Explain the importance of eating plenty of starchy foods?

Answer 1

because they cotain lots of healthy nutrients, fibre and iron and contain a healthy digestive system

Because they are a form of carbohydrate and so they provide us with energy.

Answer 2

You should consume starchy carbohydrates because they produce energy. I have heard that if you are in track or cross country they recommend having bread or pasta before to boost the overall energy levels in the body.

Answer 3

If you do not eat a balanced diet, your body can suffer. You might not get enough fo the nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that you need to be healthy. Also, starches provide carbohydrates. These are a source of good, fast energy for the body. Without them, a person will lack that energy needed.

Answer 4

So-called 'starchy' foods are rich sources of carbohydrate. Starchy foods include: breads, potatoes, pasta, rice, noodles, couscous, rye, oats and breakfast cereals. Starchy foods can be 'wholemeal' or 'white'. The wholemeal varieties (for example brown rice, wholemeal bread, rye crackers) include the whole of the original cereal grain in the finished food and so are sometimes called 'wholegrain'.

Answer 5

It is important to eat as many different kinds of foods as possible. This is because foods do different things in the body e.g. provide energy, keep your body strong and help the body to work properly

Make starchy foods the basis of your meals

The best starchy foods to choose are those high in fibre as they are digested slowly and can stop some of the fat from your diet being absorbed. Try to choose high fibre starchy foods more often for example bran cereals, porridge brown or wholegrain bread, rice, dry or baked beans, samp and beans, potatoes, roti made with brown or wholegrain flour, phutu, lentils.

Vegetables and fruit with skin are also high in fibre foods

• Include starchy food with each meal
• Starches by themselves do not make you gain weight, especially those rich in fibre
• It is the fat that you add to these foods that make them fattening for example chips.

Answer 6

So you can have a big dump in the toilet and Lauren will eat it ILY LAUREN B

Answer 7

Starchy foods help to keep you energized throughout the day.