Background The starchy crops which normally form the staple diet of people are rich in
carbohydrates. People leading a sedentary lifestyle and consuming high amounts of …

Rice is consumed as staple food by more than half of the world's population. However, it has
high glycemic index because of high starch content and is associated with the development …

The merits of a fibre‐rich diet are well documented. Resistant starch (RS) is a form of starch
that resists digestion in the small intestine and, as such, is classified as a type of dietary …

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important pulse crop grown and consumed all over the
world, especially in the Afro-Asian countries. It is a good source of carbohydrates and …

Resistant starch (RS) is starch and products of its small intestinal digestion that enter the
large bowel. It occurs for various reasons including chemical structure, cooking of food …

An in vitro procedure to measure the rate of starch digestion in starchy common foodstuffs
was developed. A first-order equation that rules the hydrolytic process was found: C …

The concept of resistant starch (RS) has evoked new interest in the bioavailability of starch
and in its use as a source of dietary fiber, particularly in adults. RS is now considered to …

The objective of this study was to develop an in vitro stomach model, the Human Gastric
Simulator (HGS), for studying gastric digestion of foods. The HGS is designed in such a way …

While cooking has long been argued to improve the diet, the nature of the improvement has
not been well defined. As a result, the evolutionary significance of cooking has variously …

Resistant starch (RS) encompasses those forms of starch, which are not accessible to
human digestive enzymes and are fermented in the colon producing short chain fatty acids …