Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:50 pm Post subject: Resistant Starch
May Prevent Bowel Cancer Consumption of resistant starch leads
to positive changes in the bowel and could protect against
genetic damage implicated in bowel cancer. Western diets are
typically low in fibre and have been linked with a higher
incidence of bowel cancer. Even though Australians eat more
dietary fibre than many other western countries, bowel cancer is
still the second most commonly reported cancer in Australia with
30 new cases diagnosed every day. Dr David Topping, from CSIRO’s
Food Futures Flagship, said this is referred to as ‘the
Australian paradox’. “We have been trying to find out why
Australians aren’t showing a reduction in bowel cancer rates and
we think the answer is that we don’t eat enough resistant
starch, which is one of the major components of dietary fibre,”
Dr Topping said. These findings, published in the latest issue
of The Journal of Nutrition, reinforce the fact that dietary
fibre is beneficial for human health,