The same way it works to degrease your hair, cornstarch can help remove oil stains on clothes. Pour a small scoop over a ...

Nutritionist Deepsikha Jain has explained why cooled rice acts as a fibre-rich food, compared to freshly cooked rice.

Cooling down your carbs before you eat them may help manage your blood sugar levels. But when it comes to eating leftover pizza, there are better ways to prevent blood sugar spikes.

If you’ve ever grated a pound of potatoes—say, for latkes—and soaked them in water until you’re ready to fry, you may have noticed some white, powdery stuff sinking to the bottom of the bowl. That, my ...

Gut bacteria evolve rapidly in response to different diets, UCLA evolutionary biologists report in a new study. The ...

Most of the carbs you consume are starches. Some types of starch are resistant to digestion, hence the term resistant starch. This includes oats, rice, green bananas, beans, and legumes. Only a few ...

Foods including cornmeal and some types of flour can be high in starch. Many refined sources, like some breakfast cereals, also contain a lot of starch but may lack key nutrients. Carbohydrates can be ...

Against this backdrop, a research team led by Dr. Guozhang Kang and Dr. Gezi Li from Henan Agricultural University, China, ...

Starch is the main form in which plants store carbohydrate, and is of importance in the carbon economy of many organs, tissues and cell types in the plant. It is simple to discover whether or not ...

Scientists are turning to milk proteins, starch, and nanoclay to create biodegradable plastics that break down quickly in soil. As concerns grow about damage to the environment and potential risks to ...