A POWDER made from starch that can be sprinkled on food is being tested as a potential bowel cancer treatment. The Royal Melbourne Hospital is testing the genetically modified starch made by the CSIRO ...

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.

Learn what foods to find it in and how much you should be eating. Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD Resistant starch resists digestion and feeds beneficial gut bacteria, producing ...

Individuals wanting to lose weight should start regularly eating beans on toast, academics have said. Researchers from the Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes have found that the resistant starch in ...

Starchy foods get a bad rap. White bread and potatoes are devoid of nutrients, critics say, while the Paleo crowd eschews legumes and grains as unnecessary for the “ideal” human diet. But resistant ...

This cooking and cooling process converts a food with a high glycaemic index - one that causes blood sugar to spike - into a lower-glycaemic food and that is good news for blood-sugar management.” ...

For some people, “carb” is still viewed as a dirty four-letter word. We’ve heard time and time again how “bad” carbs are for us, and that idea can be hard to ditch for some. However, this concept ...