Ingredient
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Metroxylon Saguis the Latin name for “true sago palm” which is a species of palm. Metroxylon Sagu is recorded in the Tibetan Medicine classic series of “Crystal Beads Materia Medica” (《晶珠本草》) for treating cold and dysentery. Dysentery is diarrhoea which contains blood. It is caused by any kind of infection. It is a type of gastroenteritis. The mechanism is an inflammatory disorder of the intestine, especially of the colon. Metroxylon Sagu is recorded in Tibetan Medicine for its healing effects on strengthening the spleen and lungs, treating indigestion and diarrhoea, and its extract can help weight control and improve skin conditions. Lean ‘n Slim™ contains 45% of resistant starch extracted from Metroxylon Sagu. |
Starch is a carbohydrate found in potatoes, rice, maize, wheat, corn and other grains. Starches are long complex chains of simple sugars but not all starches are created equal.
Starches such as potatoes, cereals, and baked goods are digested very quickly, and cause a rapid and large rise in blood sugar. Others are digested more slowly, such as beans, barley and long grain rice, causing blood glucose to rise less and over a longer period of time.
Resistant starch actually goes all the way through the small intestine without being digested at all, and so causes little or no blood sugar rise. In this way, it is more like fiber, and in some cases is classified and labelled as fiber. Most starchy foods have at least a small amount of resistant starch in them. The larger the percentage of rapidly-digested starch in a starchy food, the higher the glycemic index of that food.
Yes, but it does not cause blood glucose to rise like regular starch. When you eat resistant starch, they are used for fuel by the bacteria in the colon. This process, called fermentation, produces a certain type of fat called short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). It is these fatty acids which produce most of the calories from resistant starch, and many of the health benefits. SCFAs are also produced by soluble fiber and oligosaccharides – this is the reason why on some food labels, some fiber is shown as having calories associated with it, but these calories do not raise blood glucose.
Benefits of resistant starch
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