Harnessing the power of resistant starch: a narrative review of its health impact and processing challenges
Starch is a primary energy storage for plants, making it an essential component of many plant-based foods consumed today. Resistant starch (RS) refers to those starch fractions that escape digestion in the small intestine and reach the colon where they are fermented by the microflora. RS has been re...
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| author | Nathália Trunckle Baptista Robin Dessalles Anne-Kathrin Illner Patrice Ville Léa Ribet Pauline M. Anton Mickaël Durand-Dubief |
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| description | Starch is a primary energy storage for plants, making it an essential component of many plant-based foods consumed today. Resistant starch (RS) refers to those starch fractions that escape digestion in the small intestine and reach the colon where they are fermented by the microflora. RS has been repeatedly reported as having benefits on health, but ensuring that its content remains in food processing may be challenging. The present work focuses on the impact RS on health and explores the different processes that may influence its presence in foods, thus potentially interfering with these effects. Clinical evidence published from 2010 to 2023 and studying the effect of RS on health parameters in adult populations, were identified, using PUBMED/Medline and Cochrane databases. The search focused as well on observational studies related to the effect of food processes on RS content. While processes such as milling, fermentation, cooking and heating seem to have a deleterious influence on RS content, other processes, such as cooling, cooking time, storage time, or water content, may positively impact its presence. Regarding the influence on health parameters, there is a body of evidence suggesting an overall significant beneficial effect of RS, especially type 1 and 2, on several health parameters such as glycemic response, insulin resistance index, bowel function or inflammatory markers. Effects are more substantiated in individuals suffering from metabolic diseases. The effects of RS may however be exerted differently depending on the type. A better understanding of the influence of food processes on RS can guide the development of dietary intake recommendations and contribute to the development of food products rich in RS. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a6458d5cef9e42ccbbe6d2b47337d52a2024-03-20T04:58:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2024-03-011110.3389/fnut.2024.13699501369950Harnessing the power of resistant starch: a narrative review of its health impact and processing challengesNathália Trunckle Baptista0Robin Dessalles1Anne-Kathrin Illner2Patrice Ville3Léa Ribet4Pauline M. Anton5Mickaël Durand-Dubief6Baking Science and Nutrition, Lesaffre Institute of Science and Technology, Lille, FranceRobin Dessalles EI, Lyon, FranceTransformations and Agroressources, Institut Polytechnique UniLaSalle, Université d’Artois, Beauvais, FranceDepartment of Regulatory Department, University of Lesaffre International, Marcq-en-Baroeul, FranceTransformations and Agroressources, Institut Polytechnique UniLaSalle, Université d’Artois, Beauvais, FranceTransformations and Agroressources, Institut Polytechnique UniLaSalle, Université d’Artois, Beauvais, FranceDiscovery and Front-End Innovation, Lesaffre Institute of Science and Technology, Lille, FranceStarch is a primary energy storage for plants, making it an essential component of many plant-based foods consumed today. Resistant starch (RS) refers to those starch fractions that escape digestion in the small intestine and reach the colon where they are fermented by the microflora. RS has been repeatedly reported as having benefits on health, but ensuring that its content remains in food processing may be challenging. The present work focuses on the impact RS on health and explores the different processes that may influence its presence in foods, thus potentially interfering with these effects. Clinical evidence published from 2010 to 2023 and studying the effect of RS on health parameters in adult populations, were identified, using PUBMED/Medline and Cochrane databases. The search focused as well on observational studies related to the effect of food processes on RS content. While processes such as milling, fermentation, cooking and heating seem to have a deleterious influence on RS content, other processes, such as cooling, cooking time, storage time, or water content, may positively impact its presence. Regarding the influence on health parameters, there is a body of evidence suggesting an overall significant beneficial effect of RS, especially type 1 and 2, on several health parameters such as glycemic response, insulin resistance index, bowel function or inflammatory markers. Effects are more substantiated in individuals suffering from metabolic diseases. The effects of RS may however be exerted differently depending on the type. A better understanding of the influence of food processes on RS can guide the development of dietary intake recommendations and contribute to the development of food products rich in RS.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1369950/fullresistant starchhuman healthfood processingnutritional propertiesfibers |
| spellingShingle | Nathália Trunckle Baptista Robin Dessalles Anne-Kathrin Illner Patrice Ville Léa Ribet Pauline M. Anton Mickaël Durand-Dubief Harnessing the power of resistant starch: a narrative review of its health impact and processing challenges Frontiers in Nutrition resistant starch human health food processing nutritional properties fibers |
| title | Harnessing the power of resistant starch: a narrative review of its health impact and processing challenges |
| title_full | Harnessing the power of resistant starch: a narrative review of its health impact and processing challenges |
| title_fullStr | Harnessing the power of resistant starch: a narrative review of its health impact and processing challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Harnessing the power of resistant starch: a narrative review of its health impact and processing challenges |
| title_short | Harnessing the power of resistant starch: a narrative review of its health impact and processing challenges |
| title_sort | harnessing the power of resistant starch a narrative review of its health impact and processing challenges |
| topic | resistant starch human health food processing nutritional properties fibers |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1369950/full |
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