High amylose cornstarch preloads stabilized postprandial blood glucose but failed to reduce satiety or food intake in healthy women.

High fiber diets promote satiety and sustain normal blood glucose by delaying digestion and slowing glucose absorption, but their longer-term impact on body weight loss is thought to be due primarily to their lower energy density. Starches that are digested slowly in the small intestine, resistant starches (RS), contribute to a diet's fiber load. The worldwide epidemic of obesity has supported the incorporation of RS in commercial food products to curtail body weight gain.

OBJECTIVE

The present study explored whether consumption of a beverage containing RS, from high amylose cornstarch (Amylose), will lead to higher satiety and lower energy intake (EI).

METHODS

Preload beverages containing 75 gm Amylose, Glucose, or a Glucose-Amylose mixture were administered to young healthy females after an overnight fast and blood glucose and appetite measurements were taken at 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 180 and 240 min. Calorie intake was assessed at a pizza meal at 2 h (Experiment 1) or 4 h (Experiment 2).

RESULTS

The glycemic responses were lower with Amylose: Glucose > Glucose-Amylose > Amylose = water Control (p < 0.0001). Appetite was not affected by the treatments (p > 0.05). EI was lower only after Glucose at 2 h, but unaffected by treatment after 4 h.

CONCLUSIONS

As high amylose cornstarch improves postprandial blood glucose response but has no effect on satiety and EI, a more careful analysis of its benefits for body weight loss is needed. The research was funded by the Research Office of Kuwait University, Grant # FF01/16.

BACKGROUND

TCTR20180815005.