I am about to embark on a radical new weight-loss diet. Want to hear the rules? Beans on toast, leftover pasta and potatoes, and reheated rice. I sense you raising an eyebrow, but let me assure you.

Often, when we have a lot of unwanted weight to lose, we can feel stuck by the seemingly impossible task at hand. It can feel like only a total lifestyle overhaul could ever cause the scale to budge.

There are several different types of fiber, one of the most crucial nutrients. Here's what to know about resistant starch in food and why it's good for you. You’ve probably heard of the importance of ...

Overnight oats may be higher in resistant starch and lower in phytic acid than hot oatmeal. Both overnight oats and hot oatmeal are thought to aid digestion and increase satiety. Overnight oats and ...

A supplement containing a kind of carbohydrate that takes longer to be digested, called resistant starch, has helped people lose a modest amount of weight in a small trial. Resistant starch is ...

A trial in people with high hereditary risk of a wide range of cancers has shown a major preventive effect from resistant starch, found in a wide range of foods such as oats, breakfast cereal, cooked ...

Dear Doctors: I’ve been learning about the gut microbiome, and the terminology keeps changing. I understand probiotics. Then came prebiotics and postbiotics, which I think I finally get. But now ...

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Fermented foods like sauerkraut, kimchi, yogurt and kombucha have become darlings of the health food world, not just because they taste delicious, but because they contain probiotics. Probiotics are ...

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