Freezing or cooling before reheating rice can increase its resistant starch, lowering its impact on post-meal blood sugar. Experts explain how it works. Rice is a staple on tables worldwide, but if ...

Studies on the alpha-amylase production were carried out with a bacterial strain isolated from a soil sample. The cells were cultivated in a mineral medium containing soluble starch as sole carbon ...

New research reveals that your genetic makeup influences how starch shapes your oral microbiome—potentially affecting your risk for cavities and gum disease. Study: The Impact of Human Salivary ...

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 ...

Amber Hauvermale and her team of researchers greeted wheat farmers last summer with cake and bread during the industry’s annual field tours. Some baked goods were the usual high quality customers have ...

A new study reveals how the duplication of the salivary amylase gene may not only have helped shape human adaptation to starchy foods, but may have occurred as far back as more than 800,000 years ago, ...

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New research offers insight into the evolutionary history of amylase genes, which are key to our ability to eat and digest starchy food. A study found that human ancestors started carrying multiple ...

Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch. By Carl Zimmer As soon as you put starch in your mouth — ...

Mounting evidence is shedding light on the many benefits of resistant starch—from reshaping the gut microbiome to preventing certain diseases. Resistant starch is a type of carbohydrates that is able ...