Interesting on the alkaloids thing. Dunno if you've heard of a new thing that some people are wild about, the business of adding 'resistant starch' to your diet. I'm putting on my flame suit before I go further, some people think the notion is daft. The idea is that some starches are harder to digest, they resist normal stomach small intestine digestion and thus move on intact to the large intestine where the oft ballyhooed good gut bacteria go to town on it. Has many supposed good effects.

One of the easier ways to increase ones intake of it is to mix a couple of tbsp of potato starch in water. I also put in a tbsp of psylium husk, it to acts like a resistant starch and helps to extend the stuff through your colon before being consumed.

I know right? Swallowing potato starch to lose weight/improve health?? What thee hale am I smoking...

Proponents of the paleo diet point out that hunter gatherers consumed a lot more of this stuff than do modern people. Lot of digging for oddball tubers and half assed cooking of them is suggested. The theory being that our digestive tracts spent mega millenia evolving with the stuff present.

One guy I read suggests that potato starch can be 'washed' with citric or other acid, weak solution before consuming. You pour it off after a few hours, then rinse with water, after it settles pour that off and consume. Supposedly this can remove much of the nightshade drawbacks, some people are more sensitive to that than others.

FWIW, I use this semi-regularly. I'm sold on it. Great elimination and that is not trivial. Said to be good before bedtime as it helps sleep and gives good dreams. Something I have also noticed.

Those who might want to slime cmac the magnifico (face reading and telepathy consultant) on this one are invited to study the research. And if it makes some sense, experiment. Also plantain flour and green bananas are said to be a good way to go, the former a good bit more spendy than potato starch. Lentils give quite a bit of it also.

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