SUZANNE HENDRICH

If everyone in the United States simply adopted the U.S. Dietary Guidelines of 2005 (http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/GAs2005Guidelines.htm), obesity would be on its way out. Exercising 30–90 minutes a day, eating at least half of our grains as whole grains, and eating four servings of fruits and five servings of vegetables a day are simple practices that are advised because of their ability to improve energy balance, keeping us from gaining weight and helping us to lose weight if we need to.

Muffins high in resistant starch have proven effective tools for improving blood glucose and insulin responses among test subjects.How do whol…

Table 1. Forms of resistant starch. Adapted from Murphy et al. 2008. Resistant starch intakes in the United States. J. Am. Diet. Assoc. 108: 67-78.


Table 2. Resistant starches in selected foods. Table is a simplified version of a table adapted by permission from MacMillan Publishers Ltd: Englyst, et al. Nutritional characterization and measurement of dietary carbohydrates. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 61 (Suppl. 1): S19-S39 ©2007.


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