The Carbs You Can't Resist

What if we said indulging in your favorite starchy carbs could do your body (and skinny jeans) good?

Studies show foods with resistant starch help you slim down, improve digestion and fight disease by "resisting" immediate digestion, keeping you full like dietary fiber.

Updates continued tomorrow about good carbs....

And the answer is...

The Mediterranean diet sure is healthy, and compared with its competitor, so is this Mediterranean flatbread pizza. These portions are large, so you'd want to share with a friend. Here's the nutrient breakdown for HALF of this pizza pie: 420 calories, 15 grams of fat (23% daily value), 4 grams saturated fat (20% daily value), and 1,030 milligrams of sodium (43% of your upper limit). For half a pizza with so much great taste, these numbers sound pretty good. Uno's Roasted Eggplant, Spinach & Feta flatbread pizza weighs in much higher. For HALF of this pizza, you'd consume 565 calories, 23.5 grams of fat (36% of your daily value), 10.5 grams of saturated fat (over 50% of your daily limit), and slightly less sodium (1,060 mg). The only good thing about this option is that it also packs more fiber (8 grams per half pizza) and protein (more than 25 grams per half). You don't have to swear off pizza to lose weight--just watch those portions sizes and fatty toppings. Vegetable-based pizzas are always a healthier alternative to meats and still offer plenty of flavor and nutrition.

Flatbread pizzas from Uno Chicago Grill

Uno Chicago Grill offers a variety of pizzas, salads and entrees. When you're watching your weight, you'll probably stay away from their deep dish pizzas in favor of those made on flatbread, which are described as "a lighter alternative" to traditional pizza. This section of the menu has a handful of gourmet options. The Roasted Eggplant, Spinach & Feta pizza is topped with sun-dried and plum tomatoes, caramelized onions, basil pesto and mozzarella. With no meat in sight and healthy veggies galore, it sure sounds like a dieter's dream, right? Then there's Uno's Mediterranean pizza. The Mediterranean diet gets plenty of good press as a healthy way to eat and shed pounds. This pizza is very similar to the first (spinach, tomatoes, basil pesto, feta) but also has kalamata olives and Parmesan cheese. Between these two very similar pizzas with two very different nutrient breakdowns, which is lower in fat?