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Top 10 Diet-Friendly Carbs

Continued from our Retreat & Renew Daily Tip.


According to the new CarbLovers Diet, you can love carbs and lose weight at the same time.
Now, this doesn’t mean stuffing your face with chips, cookies and brownies. What it does mean is upping your intake of a carb referred to as Resistant Starch. Resistant Starch foods (see list below), help you lose weight by increasing your metabolism while simultaneously keeping you full for a longer period of time, so you end up eating less food overall.

Here are the top 10 picks as well as a few recipes to get you started!

10. Bananas

9. Oatmeal

8. White beans

7. Lentils

6. Potatoes

5. Plantains

4. Garbanzo Beans

3. Pearl barley

2. Whole Wheat Pasta

1. Brown Rice

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