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 …
Today, 1 out of every 3 American adults have Prediabetes with 15-30% expected to develop Type 2 Diabetes within 5 years. Without intervention, half will develop Type 2 Diabetes within 10 years. This means that the number of people with Type 2 Diabetes will be doubled or quadrupled in the near future, with disastrous consequences 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 …
In March of 2015, Ingredion Incorporated submitted a health claim petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that Hi-maize resistant starch, manufactured by Ingredion, helps to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. This is huge news, as only the most serious and best scientific evidence supports health claim petitions. As you would 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 …