The story of resistant starch continues to evolve. It is exciting to see new natural food sources of RS2 resistant starch emerge. Hopefully they will have a wider variety of taste and process tolerance than previously available. Wheat The United States Department of Agriculture has been developing wheat hybrids with higher levels of resistant starch. Read More …
Rosalie Misco posted a wonderful article in the Natures Pathway magazine titled “How will you choose to live with diabetes or prediabetes?” Her remarkable story exemplifies why I am so bullish on resistant starch. Rosalie was diagnosed with diabetes twenty years ago. She wanted to make better choices with regards to her diet and lifestyle 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 …
The use of resistant starch to help manage weight is not an automatic success. If it is added to the diet without a focus on weight management, people do not lose weight. For example – participants consumed 40 grams/day of resistant starch as a supplement for 12 weeks without losing weight in Johnston DM 2010. 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 …
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 …
Once you’ve become interested in the health benefits of resistant starch (RS), you are going to want to know where to get it. Just like “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” by Laura Numeroff. (That mouse now wants a glass of milk, if you don’t remember the popular children’s story.) I do not know 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 …
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 …