Children are battling weight gain and obesity as well as adults. They have fewer options, as pharmaceutical options are much more limited in children. A new pilot study was just published in F1000 Research that lays the groundwork for resistant starch-enriched yogurt to help address this problem. And because it was published by the Pennington Read More …
Many groups are promoting a plant-based diet to help maintain healthy blood sugar levels, also called Glycemic Health. Others have used a different approach and have stopped consuming carbohydrates as much as possible. Both approaches have been shown to be successful. Resistant starch offers a third option that may be somewhere between eating only plants Read More …
When we are young, our metabolism is very flexible and responds quickly to changes in blood glucose. Our tissues are very sensitive to insulin and respond quickly – called insulin sensitivity. When blood glucose levels start to rise, the pancreas releases insulin, which helps to transport the sugar into muscle and tissues, where it is Read More …
It goes without saying that dietary fiber is good for digestive health. Everybody knows it, so what’s left to say? Resistant starch is a type of dietary fiber, so it’s good for digestive health. In reality, this is just the beginning of the story and if this is all you know about resistant starch, settle Read More …
Raw Banana Flour is now being promoted as a natural source of resistant starch. At first glance, it seems to be an ideal ingredient for supplementation. Maybe, maybe not… There are a few caveats to consider: 1. Under-ripe bananas are an excellent source of resistant starch, but as the bananas ripen, the starch naturally converts Read More …
Mike Keenan at Louisiana State University just published his 15th animal study with RS2 resistant starch from high amylose corn. Surprisingly, it was sponsored by Merck and examined the potential synergism between Merck’s drug Januvia® (sitagliptin) and resistant starch. Both impact GLP-1 in the gut, but by different mechanisms. Sitagliptin inhibits the breakdown of GLP-1 Read More …
Sarah Dainty just finished her Masters of Science thesis at the University of Guelph in Canada. It was called the Better Bagel Study, because they developed a bagel that contained 25 grams of resistant starch, using RS2 high amylose resistant corn starch. Participants at risk for developing type 2 diabetes consumed a bagel each day Read More …
Over the past decade, there has been a growing awareness that the bacteria and other organisms that live in our gut —called the microbiome— are important. In addition to diet and exercise, certain gut bacteria are correlated with, and potentially contribute to, numerous health conditions. What we eat significantly changes the composition of the microbiome, Read More …
Many studies over the year have examined the resistant starch and dietary fiber consumed in Africa. The first comparison was by Burkett and Trowell, who hypothesized that dietary fiber may be responsible for the fact that Africans have significantly reduced risk of cancer than populations eating a Westernized diet. This was called the “Fiber Gap”. Read More …