Chicken Curry with Lentils (for GOS prebiotics)

In line with our discussions about cultivating healthy bowel flora with prebiotic fibers, we have been contemplating whether enriching the lifestyle with the galacto-oligosaccharide, or GOS, variety of fibers in particular is a healthy practice. If you choose to do so, you could purchase (exceptionally expensive) products available commercially, or you could simply add small servings (1/4 to 1/2 cup) of GOS-rich foods such as lentils or chickpeas/hummus. Here is a recipe taken from the original Wheat Belly Cookbook but tweaked to include lentils. The original recipe was ultra low-carb with 3 grams net carbs per serving (5 grams total carbs – 2 grams fiber = 3 grams net carbs). Adding 1/2 cup (uncooked) lentils ups the carb count by 60 grams total, 32 grams net, distributed among the 6 servings, or an additional 5.3 grams net per serving. Each serving therefore provides 8.3 grams net carbs—still comfortably below our cutoff of no more than 15 grams net carbs per serving for ideal metabolic health. I also increased the amount of chicken used in the original recipe to increase portion size as, on this retesting, I thought portion sizes were a bit small. Also, I used chicken breasts for convenience, even though I’d prefer fattier cuts. If you have the time and energy, feel free to substitute the meat, white and dark, you cut from a whole chicken that will add more fat. And remember: adding prebiotics such as GOS is meant for those of you who have already take...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Recipes Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora gluten grains lentils microbiota prebiotics resistant starch Source Type: blogs