Resistant starch (RS) is starch and starch degradation products that escape digestion in the small intestine of healthy individuals. Resistant starch is considered the third type of dietary fiber, as it can deliver some of the benefits of insoluble fiber and some of the benefits of soluble fiber.
Some carbohydrates, such as sugars and most starch, are rapidly digested and absorbed as glucose
into the body through the small intestine and subsequently used for
short-term energy needs or stored. Resistant starch, on the other hand,
resists digestion and passes through to the large intestine where it acts like dietary fiber.
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