Resistant starch
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Resistant starch (RS) is starch, including its degradation products, that escapes from digestion in the small intestine of healthy individuals.[1][2] Resistant starch occurs naturally in foods, but it can also be added as part of dried raw foods, or used as an additive in manufactured foods.[3]
Some types of resistant starch (RS1, RS2 and RS3) are fermented by the large intestinal microbiota, conferring benefits to human health through the production of short-chain fatty acids, increased bacterial mass, and promotion of butyrate-producing bacteria.[4][5]
Resistant starch has similar physiological effects as dietary fiber,[6] behaving as a mild laxative and possibly causing flatulence.[7]