Scotland has become the first country in the UK where water cremations are now legal. The process - called alkaline hydrolysis - will offer families a third option instead of burial or traditional ...

Maltodextrin was produced from cassava and corn starch by enzymatic hydrolysis with alpha-amylase. The cassava starch hydrolysis rate was higher than that of corn starches in maltodextrin production ...

Yet many people are unaware it exists and certainly wouldn’t expect it to crop up in some of the foods considered to be the best suppliers of it. So, yes, you’ll find resistant starch in the usual ...

Have you had your resistant starch today? Nutrition experts say that resistant starch is one of the best things for your gut microbiome, the community of trillions of microbes that live in your ...

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, revived a plan created during the first Trump administration to end the testing of chemicals on mammals. By Lisa Friedman The Environmental Protection Agency will ...

A recent review in Frontiers in Nutrition highlights resistant starch — the type naturally found in beans, bananas, and cooled potatoes — as a surprising carb that may improve blood sugar control, ...

Advanced in organs on chips, digital twins, and AI are ushering in a new era of research and drug development. Earlier this week, the UK’s science minister announced an ambitious plan: to phase out ...

Pasta, white rice, and potatoes aren’t foods you see too often these days on the “eat more” list. That’s mainly because they’re high in the type of carbs that can raise blood glucose (sugar) levels.