Lynch syndrome, a genetic condition caused by germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes, significantly increases cancer risk. This syndrome affects one in 300 people, raising the lifetime risk ...

The study’s results revealed that a regular dose of resistant starch, also known as fermentable fiber, taken for about two years, didn’t impact bowel cancer rates. However, it did reduce the ...

At the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), researchers have revealed that resistant starch could be as important as fibre in the fight against bowel cancer.

Leftover pasta, potatoes and rice may be better for you. Here's why cooling starchy food can increase gut-healthy resistant starches and lower carbs.

Not all carbs are bad 6. Swapping your ‘bad’ processed carbs for ‘good’ carbs containing more resistant starch and your chances of avoiding bowel cancer go up to a whopping 30%!

Resistant starch passes through the body without being digested until it reaches the colon where it acts like fibre and feeds our ‘good bacteria’. When regular starch becomes resistant starch ...

Dr. Rangarajan added that resistant starch improves bowel regularity and stool bulk and can even reduce the risk of colon cancer. Further, and to the benefit of diabetics, resistant starch has a ...

Dr Xand van Tulleken found that microwaving pasta, rice or potatoes, altered the make-up of the starches, turning them from refined "bad" carbs into resistant ... chance of bowel cancer by up ...