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Part 2: Health and longevity | The Proof 2022 year in review

The Proof with Simon Hill

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Prebiotics and Cancer

A recent randomized controlled trial suggests resistant starch may be particularly important in lowering our risk of various gastrointestinal cancers. Resistance starch is a type of carbohydrate that is not digested by us, passes through to the large intestine and is digested by the microbes. For that reason, resistance starch is considered a prebiotic,. Most polyphenols or most polyphenols are also prebiotic in nature and prebiotic fiber.

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