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Resistant starch (RS)
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Adding Resistant starch (RS) to the diet might boost health. It can change gut microbiota. It may increase butyrate in the colon. Many studies show this effect. Results vary widely.
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- Current Progress on the Applications and Health Benefits of Resistant Starch in Foods
- Dominant and diet-responsive groups of bacteria within the human colonic microbiota
- Interactions and competition within the microbial community of the human colon: links between diet and health
- RESISTANT STARCH – CLASSIFICATION, STRUCTURE, PRODUCTION
- Resistant starch intake facilitates weight loss in humans by reshaping the gut microbiota
- Selective induction of human gut-associated acetogenic/butyrogenic microbiota based on specific microbial colonization of indigestible starch granules
- Short-chain fatty acids and human colonic function: roles of resistant starch and nonstarch polysaccharides