Resistant Starch
<p>Leaky gut is not theoretical. See <a href="http://hyper.ahajournals.org/content/70/Suppl_1/A007" target="blank" rel="nofollow">http://hyper.ahajournals.org/content/70/Suppl_1/A007</a>. Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine have been developing an animal model for inflammation-induced hypertension from gut dysbiosis. They just started releasing data that resistant starch (a fermentable dietary fiber found in green bananas, intact whole grains but not refined whole grains, and beans) prevented the inflammation and hypertension. They attributed it to fixing the gut barrier disruption. To date, there are 294 animal studies (that I know of) on natural sources of resistant starch. See <a href="http://www.resistantstarchresearch.com/" target="blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.ResistantStarchResearch.com</a> for the clinicals.</p>
<p>Resistant starch is fermented by the microbiota, and produces more butyrate than other fibers tested. (<a href="http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/73/2/415s.short" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/73/2/415s.short</a>). Butyrate is the preferred energy source for colonocytes. Without butyrate, the cells shrink and create gaps in the intestinal barrier. Adding resistant starch sealed these gaps and prevented the resulting health problems.</p>
<p>This is NOT a generic fiber benefit – it’s a resistant starch benefit because of the high levels of butyrate produced. It doesn’t hurt that you can also consume high levels of resistant starch as well.</p>
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