An innovative product with the potential to replace polymers used in soil fertilizers is being developed in São Carlos in the ...

I am about to embark on a radical new weight-loss diet. Want to hear the rules? Beans on toast, leftover pasta and potatoes, and reheated rice. I sense you raising an eyebrow, but let me assure you.

A new review in Frontiers in Nutrition suggests resistant starch may help support blood sugar control and reduce inflammation ...

Cornstarch, also called maize starch or corn flour in the U.S., is the starch found in corn grains. It is a fine, white powder made from the endosperm or the starchy part of corn kernels. It's created ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Metabolism, a team of scientists investigated whether modulation of the gut microbiome using dietary fiber supplementation in the form of resistant ...

The name "starch" comes from its primary ingredient—cassava starch, which is extracted from cassava tubers. Starch is a type of swallow made from processed cassava. Unlike other cassava-based swallows ...

Consuming starchy foods such as potatoes, tubers, roots, and refined grains may not significantly affect caries development, according to a longitudinal study recently published in the Journal of ...

Starch serves as the primary energy reserve in plants, accumulating as granules in chloroplasts and amyloplasts. Its synthesis is governed by a coordinated network of enzymes, including ADP‐glucose ...