For some people, sugar isn't the only thing that risks tooth decay, say scientists from Cornell University in New York.

“When foods like rice, pasta, and potatoes are cooked, cooled, and then reheated, their starch structure changes, turning into something called resistant starch,” says Yaa Boayke, a registered ...

Retrogradation is a process in which food starches, after cooking and cooling, crystallize to become resistant to digestion. The conversion reduces the digestible calories and increases health ...

Brushing your teeth after starchy foods is always a good move Your genetics might be secretly influencing the bacteria in your mouth and could be the reason you get more cavities or gum issues.

A new study has discovered that a special kind of dietary starch — called resistant starch — could play a powerful role in ...

because it would have given you a survival advantage when food is scarce, to be able to break down those starches more efficiently." In saliva samples with a high AMY1 copy number, the researchers ...