Resistant starch has many benefits – it’s hard to break it down and isolate just one benefit. There is an entire cascade of effects – you cannot stop with just one. Depending upon the underlying metabolic condition, individuals may experience different benefits following consumption of resistant starch. The good news is that with resistant starch, Read More …
The US Food and Drug Administration just approved a Level “C” Qualified Health Claim that resistant cornstarch reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes. Click here for the link to the FDA site with this announcement. This is a huge development that happened in a quick 13 years, as the first clinical trial was published Read More …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been evaluating a health claim petition that resistant starch from high amylose corn may help to reduce the risk of Type 2 Diabetes for more than 19 months. According to information posted on the FDA’s website, the FDA has once again extended the deadline for a decision to Read More …
Starch is one of the most abundant foods in the world and has been a primary food component in every diet known to man and beast. As our food is processed, however, the starch in our diets became more easily digestible and contains much less resistant starch and dietary fiber. Most raw starch in plants Read More …
A new resistant starch review paper explains how numerous studies point to healthy aging benefits. While it focuses on mostly animal studies, it’s still intriguing. There are 3 types of healthy aging benefits described in this review paper: Improved muscular motor coordination Normalized eating patterns and appetite Improved disposal of nitrogen and reduction of uremic Read More …
Aging sucks! Right? One of my friends says that aging is not for sissies, and I agree wholeheartedly. The older we get, we increasingly appreciate the vigor of youth, and sometimes wish that we could return to that vigor. But while, there is no “fountain of youth”, there may be ways to slow down the Read More …
A lot of people are looking for help with controlling their weight. With focus and determination, people can lose weight, but they have a much harder time in maintaining the lower weight. Either they did not learn to eat healthy foods or they got tired of their diet plan and slid back into older eating 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 …
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 …