Most of the time we think of starch as dense carbohydrate that breaks down into a whole lot of sugar. But did you know that there is a kind of starch that is not digested in the small intestine at all? Resistant starch makes its way to the colon where it contributes to our health in surprising ways. Find out about resistant starch, what foods have it, and what it does for you.

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