There is enormous concern in Australia about the future of the food processing sector as well as the poor nutritional value of most processed food. According to Peter Simpson, general manager of a ...

The report noted earlier research that found that populations with a historically high-starch diet had more copies of the AMY1 gene, which determines the amount of amylase in the saliva ...

They discovered humans carry extra copies of a gene, called AMY1, which is essential for making the salivary enzyme amylase that digests starch. Next the team studied groups of humans with differing ...

"Individuals with high amylase levels are better adapted to eat starches, as they rapidly digest the starch while maintaining balanced blood glucose levels. The opposite is true for those with low ...

THE MANAGING director of the Manildra Group, John Honan, has said imported Canadian high protein wheat is required to safeguard the future of the company's Nowra gluten and starch manufacturing plant.

Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch. By Carl Zimmer As soon as you put starch in your mouth ...

Study: The Impact of Human Salivary Amylase ... starch in the mouth. Previous studies have associated AMY1 with cavities and periodontal disease. Poole, in prior studies, found that a high AMY1 ...

Starches are complex carbohydrates that cannot be absorbed unless they are first broken down by the digestive enzyme amylase. Amylase inhibitors, also called starch ... that are high in fiber ...