interview and new food item review

Larry Sorensen's youtube interview with me last week. - 

https://youtu.be/vMPG9YyAdvs?si=7fBOl4UYXI2_W9w2

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New Food Item:

Royo bread and bagels.

https://eatroyo.com/

I ordered their starter pack of 3 bags of bagels (plain, raisin, and everything) and one loaf of bread.  It was my first venture into low carb low calorie bread.   Like other low carb foods, I wasn't expecting it to taste anything like 'real bread' but I was happily mistaken.   Unlike say, shiritake noodles, the low carb bread actually tasted pretty good.  

The Royo plain bagels have 70 cal, 'everything' and 'raisin bagels' are 80 cal.   Compare to regular bagels that can be 300-400+ cal.  (Panera's cinnamon crunch bagels are 430 cal).   Royo bread slices have 30 calories although are pretty small.  

The ingredient that jumps out is 'resistant wheat starch'.   This is apparently a starch that is non digestible in the small intestine and helps the gut biome in the large intestine.  So, it is essentially fiber.  This bread is very high fiber but still contains protein and some carb.  

Pros: 

1/3 the calories of regular bread, high fiber.  It toasts well and tastes very good.  Gives the feeling of fullness, satisfies appetite.  It is claimed to ease insulin sensitivity, inflammation, and boost gut health.

Cons: 

Expensive, about $2 a bagel.  Digests more slowly, probably contributing to the fullness feeling.

More on resistant wheat starch:

https://www.webmd.com/diet/what-to-know-resistant-starches

https://eatroyo.com/blogs/the-toast/what-is-resistant-wheat-starch-and-why-is-it-the-hottest-new-ingredient-in-the-baking-world

Because of Royo, tea and toast is back as a comfort food for me.   When I eat regular carbs like toast, granola, cereals... I find them addictive, hard to stop eating them.  This type of Royo bread feels different.  It's simply more filling.  

Thumbs up.