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What Color Is Your Tortilla?
Published Oct 9, 2007
If you crave the occasional Mexican treat -- and who doesn't? -- opt for a tortilla with this hue: blue.
Besides having a softer texture and sweeter taste than tortillas made from white corn, blue corn tortillas may have less impact on your blood sugar -- and possibly your waist! Here's the "why" and the "how."
Researchers put both blue and white tortillas to the test and found that the blue flats had a lower starch content and lower glycemic load than the white variety. Which means that 'Team Blue' is more likely to keep your blood sugar levels stable and help keep your appetite under control.
Another reason to go blue -- or black, or red or purple? The rich-in-color tortillas abound with anthocyanins, natural antioxidants that help steamroller DNA-damaging compounds hanging around in your body. Plus, darker-pigmented varieties dole out more protein.
The downside? They tend to have more fat, too -- so don't eat 'em until you're blue in the face.
Source: www.RealAge.com
