tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638263.post113832764018022150..comments2023-05-04T06:16:39.947-04:00Comments on Family Nutritionist: Resistant Starch -- New Food TrendFamily Nutritionisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00895139842355255623noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638263.post-12371436482984781752007-04-20T15:43:00.000-04:002007-04-20T15:43:00.000-04:00Thanks for clarifying. Somehow, I thought I had s...Thanks for clarifying. Somehow, I thought I had seen oligosaccharides lumped in with resistant starches. I am very new to the topic, and only an occasional blogger.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work! How do we get it on the front page of the newspaper? I don't think I've ever seen anything about colon health in the Food section!Family Nutritionisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895139842355255623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638263.post-1169741475248995402007-01-25T11:11:00.000-05:002007-01-25T11:11:00.000-05:00FYI - oligofructose is not a resistant starch. Bon...FYI - oligofructose is not a resistant starch. Bone health benefits have been demonstrated with oligofructose but not yet with RS. Both are fermentable fibers, but oligofructose is soluble and rapidly fermentable, which accounts for its relatively low tolerance. Natural resistant starch is insoluble and slowly fermentable, causing it to be extraordinarly well tolerated. In other words - you don't get side effects like bloating and gas unless you consume > 45 grams of fiber/day from natural resistant starch. <BR/><BR/>One study compared oligofructose and RS directly and found that FOS did not produce the same effects as natural resistant starch. In short, RS healed intestinal ulcerations and oligofructose did not. See Moreau, N.M., Martin, L.J., Toquet, C.S., Laboisse, C.L., Nguyen, P.G., Siliart, B.S., Dumon, H.J., Champ, M.M.J. Restoration of the integrity of rat caeco-colonic mucosa by resistant starch, but not by fructo-oligosaccharides, in dextran sulfate sodium-induced experimental colitis. British Journal of Nutrition, (2003), 90, 75-85.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com