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 RESISTANT STARCH
Most starches are digested and absorbed into the body through the small intestine, but some resist digestion and pass through to the large intestine where they act like dietary fibre to improve bowel health. This type of starch is called "Resistant Starch".
Resistant starch is the total amount of starch, and the products of starch degradation that resists digestion in the small intestine of healthy people. (EURESTA, 1991)
Australian Health Professional Seminar
Janine Higgins
David Topping
Richard Le Leu
Liz Dangar
Proceedings
FIBRE
In the absence of a consensus, a working definition has emerged which includes all non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) and lignin from plants and resistant starch.
DIETARY FIBRE = NON-STARCH POLYSACCHARIDES + RESISTANT STARCH + LIGNIN
PREBIOTIC
A non-digestible food that beneficially affects the host by selectively stimulating the growth and / or activity of one or a limited number of bacteria in the colon (Gibson & Roberfroid, 1995) Hi-maize improves the survival of some types of probiotics through the digestive process and is also used as a fuel or prebiotic for the native bacteria there. (Health Professional Information)
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