An NHS doctor has revealed the little-known benefits of freezing your bread. Storing food in the freezer can help it last longer, but Dr Chintal Patel says there are also health perks to keeping some items at colder temperatures. In a video shared to her DrChintalsKitchen account, she explained how freezing and reheating your loaf affects the starch, and in turn how it impacts your gut.
"Freezing your bread overnight and then reheating or toasting changes the molecular structure of the starch in the bread to a more resistant starch," she said. "This is the type of starch that feeds your gut bacteria and helps to build a healthy gut microbiome. This also reduces the glycemic index of the bread.
" Woman's epic hack to make huge Yorkshire puddings thanks to common kitchen staple She went on to explain freezing bread also results in a 30% reduction in glycemic index, and there are advantages to treating pasta and rice in the same way too. Followers were quick to ask Dr Chintal whether keeping bread in the fridge is also beneficial, to which she replied that it can have similar effects as it is "the cooling process that changes the structure" of the molecules. Some praised Dr Chintal for her tip, with one TikToker responding: "Thank you for your exceptional care and for always putting your patients first.
You are truly appreciated as a doctor." A second wrote: "Ahh great to know - thanks." And a third commented: "This is so true.
And its easier on digestion." TikTokers loved learni.
