REAL-TIME CSLM OBSERVATIONS ON THE ALPHA-AMYLASE DIGESTION OF STARCH IN ISOLATED FORM AND WITHIN CELLULAR INTEGRITY

摘要

Evidence shows that prolonged digestion and absorption of carbohydrates has beneficial effects on the glucose and lipid metabolisms, in diabetes and in hyperlipidemia as well as in healthy subjects . Whole grain foods and legumes which have carbohydrates that are slowly digested and absorbed were shown to protect against development of type II diabetes mellitus and to improve glycemic control . Slowly digestible carbohydrates were also reported to prolong the duration of satiety hence could have a preventive role in the genesis of obesity 'Slow glucose release' or 'lente carbohydrate' foods result in lower blood glucose responses and hence were described to have low glycemic indices . Starch, the major carbohydrate source in human nutrition, can have properties to result in an entire range of slow to rapid digestion.