tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post3092286651040243649..comments2023-11-30T00:29:08.106-08:00Comments on Animal Pharm: Sorry. Resistant Starch is Unlikely to Miraculously Cause Weight Loss and Body Fat LossDr. B Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-70798972520597681172014-11-03T11:21:14.268-08:002014-11-03T11:21:14.268-08:00Yes Grace. I think I have been feeding the bad guy...Yes Grace. I think I have been feeding the bad guys. <br /><br />I just never associated the new and increased allergy symptoms with Potaotes/AOR-3 because my previous bad potato responses disappeared, I thought all was well. <br /><br />In some ways, it is a relief. If I stop the PS / RS focus, then I don't have to take all the drugs my GPS prescribed. I just refuse to drug up.<br /><br />Learning curve,<br />NatashaNatasha :-)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-17301950194115117492014-11-03T11:13:43.286-08:002014-11-03T11:13:43.286-08:00Dear Grace,
Hi! Yes, I think this is what has hap...Dear Grace,<br /><br />Hi! Yes, I think this is what has happened. By focusing on PS / Potatoes / RS in my diet I have had a severe and increased of allergies. And, I have gained weight eating good, traditional foods. :-(<br /><br />Another sad thought I have.... My husband has T1D. Over two years I tried to force Dr. Berstein's low carb diet on him. He protested but I succeeded in drastically restricting his favorite foods, rice and potatoes. He especially loves refried rice, left overnight and eaten cold in the morning. Potaotes, in any form. <br /><br />So what happens? Do his A1C'so improve? No! Instead he is hit hard and fast by a new auto immune disease, which presents like aggresive lymphoma. Yeah, fun. He is so sick he comes home from work mid day. Illness? Sarcoidosis. Cause? Unknown. Our family doctor's only comment is that he is likely to develop Celiac disease too.<br /><br />As I started eating potatoes, RS, etc., reintroduced it to my husband as well. But now he has gained weight too. The fattest I have ever seen him.<br /><br />Definitely not a fairytale. There is just so much unknown and not yet predictable about the immune system and what is a healthy gut. Fascinating, but not easy.<br /><br />NatashaNatasha :-)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-59809923056316431952014-11-02T16:37:04.133-08:002014-11-02T16:37:04.133-08:00Hey natasha
Are you sure you are tolerating potat...Hey natasha<br /><br />Are you sure you are tolerating potatoes? ' But, in these 6 months my allergies have gotten out of control. I now have wheezing, itchy mouth, and anxiety (feel like I will faint or having heart symptoms) every day. :-('<br /><br />Any other factors? If not, then I may consider that the shift to potatoes feeding certain gut populations or the carbs have affected metabolism. Dr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-50670234658089437592014-11-02T11:47:15.898-08:002014-11-02T11:47:15.898-08:00Dear Grace,
Hi! I'm leaving a post here, bec...Dear Grace,<br /><br />Hi! I'm leaving a post here, because I think it is the right place.<br /><br />I didn't have my gut/poo tested. In another post I gave you all my reasons (husband lost his job) and my justifications (I know "everything" about alternative health and healthy diets). Therefore, I thought I could wing it....<br /><br />Yes, I can eat potatoes now, it took 6 months of AOR-3. But, in these 6 months my allergies have gotten out of control. I now have wheezing, itchy mouth, and anxiety (feel like I will faint or having heart symptoms) every day. :-(<br /><br />Plus....I am up to 205 pounds. :-(<br /><br />So, despite my "intelligence" and wide variety of pre-biotics, I think I have been feeding something bad. And of course, I don't know what. :-(<br /><br />My plan, take a break from potatoes, take a break from most of the pre-biotics and pro-biotics. Primal Defense definitely causes anxiety for me. :-( I am going back on the diet, strictly, that worked well for me years ago...which blindly fed the good things and starved the bad ones because that time I went from 274 to 169.<br /><br />I tried. I really did. But now I know, the gut has to be tested and I can't just experiment with this.<br /><br />Once my weight it back in a normal range, I can experiment with these healthy foods again. Hopefully too, my husband will have a job so that I can test my gut.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />NatashaNatasha :-)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-72506145549896313412014-10-16T11:57:53.617-07:002014-10-16T11:57:53.617-07:00Great to hear Travis! I'm glad I make sense be...Great to hear Travis! I'm glad I make sense because I know I talk to technically/pharmacologically. <br /><br />PLEEEEZE keep your brilliant questions coming!!! It helps me out a ton, seriously!<br /><br />PS can/may starve and worsen guts esp ones already impaired and who's isn't?<br /><br />There are a bunch of whiny wanne-be non-biohackers out there. No one tests. Everyone is blind. Shoot blanks in the f*cking dark at aimless targets (vivid dreams, amputated guts, lol). <br /><br />Would you trust them? I've shown my gut testing and I'll continue to because I think people need to learn how to biohack. Your doctors, neurologists, gastroenterologists, OBGYN, allergists, dentists, etc won't help you. You'll go to your grave if they get their way on 7 pharmaceuticals, mercury toxicity, and less than HALF your brain function if you are a lucky one.<br /><br />Dave Asprey talked at length about his gut and test results. Don't miss this and more to follow up in Nov! Like Tim Steele, I luv Dave coz he is a true fearless biohacker:<br />http://drbganimalpharm.blogspot.com/2014/05/bulletproof-podcast-with-dave-asprey.html<br />Dr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-37980413492706078422014-10-16T11:43:39.015-07:002014-10-16T11:43:39.015-07:00Ahhh. Thank you -- that makes much more sense now ...Ahhh. Thank you -- that makes much more sense now that you've connected the dots for me. I'm sure that won't be the last question I have for you, but hopefully the next ones (yes, probably plural) will be progressively more informed. I am reading your blog and other probably an average of an hour a day. I love, luv, lurrvv your blog. (I hope I said that right)<br />-TravisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-49798039224722497902014-10-13T17:07:59.010-07:002014-10-13T17:07:59.010-07:00Also Travis... http://mrheisenbug.wordpress.com/20...Also Travis... http://mrheisenbug.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/why-resistant-starch-is-probably-not-enough/<br /><br />Heisenbug is quite astute<br /><br /><br />Tim's comment about RS3 v. RS2 here:<br />http://drbganimalpharm.blogspot.com/2014/09/dont-take-resistant-starch-alone-part-2.html?showComment=1412108492301#c636751738200423689<br /><br />'I think where potato starch will end up in my life, long-term, is just as an occasional supplement when I don't eat enough real fiber foods on some days. You know how it goes...eating in a restaurant, parties, whatever. <br /><br />I think I'll also switch it up with inulin, "the other white powder."'Dr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-81631703020134669702014-10-13T13:37:30.000-07:002014-10-13T13:37:30.000-07:00Travis
I love your comment. YOU are a thinking br...Travis<br /><br />I love your comment. YOU are a thinking bro. <br /><br />The point of testing with new technology (Genova Diagnostics, ubiome, amgut) is to know what is in the black box so we can see how we change and shift things there with prebiotics/RS/fiber, probiotics, antibiotics, good/bad diets.<br /><br />The gist is: raw potato starch can shift things worse unless you know what you are dealing with. Even can make a high risk colorectal cancer gut profile worse. On this post, in obesity or T2D or autoimmune (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) -- RS2 can also provoke an exacerbation of an already dysregulated gut. It won't feed what is 'missing'.<br /><br />Essentially if you can read between the lines, what I believe Tim is saying, don't eat RPS all the time and NOT A HIGH DOSE ;) Yes this is probably a vast departure from his original thoughts, since having the last uBIOME confirmed. What improved the gut populations were the improvements with cooked-cool RS3 and increase in diverse plant polysaccharides (eg 'fiber').Dr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-41906123820408007382014-10-13T13:05:18.546-07:002014-10-13T13:05:18.546-07:00I love your blog and have been reading it for a fe...I love your blog and have been reading it for a few weeks (along with Tim Steele's and Richard Nikoley's) improving my gut along the way. This entry confuses me, however. It seems to cut against lots of the favorable results reported from n=1 experiments regarding RS, including Tim's. Based on recent entries, Tim's blog seems to still extol the benefits of resistant starch, and I haven't found a reconciliation of the two points of view, which seem to me to be in conflict with one another. You guys seem to be in steady contact and generally in sync with one another. Is this an exception? Is there a point/counterpoint-style blog entry I missed? Maybe I'm you guys are saying the same thing and I'm just confused?<br /><br />Thanks<br />TravisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-11517766939834203422014-10-09T11:41:28.004-07:002014-10-09T11:41:28.004-07:00Youre bright. Yes -- they transform to healthier, ...Youre bright. Yes -- they transform to healthier, more potent sterols ;) and make CLA, which burn fat, grows lean hawwt musclatureDr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-5441971524240836692014-10-09T11:21:03.576-07:002014-10-09T11:21:03.576-07:00Several of the enriched species in lean mice are i...Several of the enriched species in lean mice are isoflavone degraders? Any relevance?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-23020793581221015512014-09-13T16:15:48.510-07:002014-09-13T16:15:48.510-07:00Hey Grzzzzace,
Per your comments that LB have a d...Hey Grzzzzace,<br /><br />Per your comments that LB have a direct effect on HP would it be prudent to get in as much fermented foods, LB supplements (Primal Defense, etc). alongside copious amounts of inulin to try and reduce HP before continuing to up starch/RS? The thought here is that the fermented foods may contribute some to the yeast overgrowth in the interim, but the LB effect on HP would help to bring down the pathogenic load and slowly allow starch/RS to roll back in. <br /><br />The constant (what seems to be symbiotic) relationship between yeast and HP are making the increase of starch/RS challenging, alongside adrenal fatigue. <br /><br />That said, do you have a "detox" protocol (whether if be liquid diet, antimicrobial fiesta, etc.) you like for trying to reduce the pathogenic/yeast load if ramping up the 7 steps continues to be an issue....or do you believe continuing to tweak/build is the best route?<br /><br />Any input appreciated, pls keep posted on when your practice is opening back up! <br /><br /><br />GUT~MOJOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-60252332309786714352014-09-07T09:28:59.591-07:002014-09-07T09:28:59.591-07:00Thanks so much for answering my gall bladder quest...Thanks so much for answering my gall bladder question. Very helpful.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-73633895132632268602014-09-02T09:02:18.165-07:002014-09-02T09:02:18.165-07:00Sweet Angel Ms Ursery
YOu're a preachin to a ...Sweet Angel Ms Ursery<br /><br />YOu're a preachin to a former pharmaceutical fiend turned FARMACIST now! Yes I'd love to see the gut studies on the "gut/mind/psych med nexus". Obviously you seem familiar with fermented foods and the GAPS paradigm, no? Paleo is not enuf often in the modern day to fix the broken gut-brain but it definitely sounds like you've made epic strides. Good for u hawwwt grrrl!<br /><br />THis is from a paleo buddy<br />Pål Jåbekk @Jabekk · Jul 4<br />Fermented foods, microbiota, and mental health: ancient practice meets nutritional psychiatry http://www.jphysiolanthropol.com/content/33/1/2 <br /><br />Before refrigeration, all our foods were<br />--fresh<br />--spoiled<br />--microbially fermented <br /><br />In mud and cow manure, M vaccae is an organism related to elevation in mood and anti-depressant effects. You can so, no? we are so disconnected from the original flora that love to travel or reside in our human guts. Symbiotically we work as a unit -- establishing a collaborative community for both health of the host and its inhabitants when all is working well (farms, fields, animals, humans, etc).<br /><br />Thanks for your comment! Hope to hear more of your successful journey and explorationsDr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-33471305905245594742014-09-01T19:11:09.215-07:002014-09-01T19:11:09.215-07:00Dr BG--if we know we have a second brain in our gu...Dr BG--if we know we have a second brain in our gut, and we know pharmaceuticals are (too often) not friendlies, why isn't there more research on the effect of psych meds on gut and mind health? We know many of the neuroleptics slam fat on the body (and, in my experience and belief) also massively reduce muscle mass. Yet there's incredibly little on the gut/mind/psych med nexus.<br />I got off of 20+ years of antidepressants, mood stabilizers, etc., nearly 5 years ago, but it wasn't until I started (1) eating fermented foods and lots of protein (mostly meat and whey isolate) (2) lifting heavy-azz weights regularly, (3) eating lots of cold sweet potatoes, plantains, and bananas, and (4) taking magnesium, vitamin c, dhea, fish oil, chromium, and similar supplements that my depression, anxiety and fat started dropping. (I did a very low-carb keto food plan for 4 months, but was always tired after going for walks, sprints, and lifting--plus I stopped losing fat. Then I switched to a cyclical keto plan, which was alright, but am now mostly moderate-high protein and carbs, and low fat.)<br />Anyway, the mind-health piece is significant because so many people are getting their guts and metabolism messed up behind psych meds. Fortunately there are others who do see the gut-mind link, but not enough to drown out the entreaties from big pharma: "You've got a chemical imbalance in your brain" and other such nonsense.<br />Thanks for this blog--I don't understand all of it, but I'm glad to have found it.<br />Angela Urseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854119040826805061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-91251954930085906542014-08-30T17:11:09.348-07:002014-08-30T17:11:09.348-07:00James N
That sounds great. For legumes, all forms...James N<br /><br />That sounds great. For legumes, all forms of processing improve the RS3 content... <br />--fermentation<br />--sprouting<br />--boiling<br />--pressure cooking (not always, but not much)<br /><br />Legumes and tubers are practically evolutions perfect food for both intestinal flora and the mammalian host who was smart enuf to learn how to process them and not die trying to eat toxic ones raw/unsoaked.<br /><br />Look at table 2. AMYLOSE is the linear carb in starchy tubers and seeds that become impervious to our amylase enzyme degradation, but feed our microbes. Legumes have amylose granules that are specially enclosed in insoluble cell walls. Makes them more slowly savored and enjoyed by our microbiota.<br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3550986/pdf/13197_2010_Article_20.pdf<br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7783778<br /><br />Roasted tubers are fantastic if one can tolerate. Roasted yams and sw potatoes are Dioscorea, and therefore not part of the nightshade family.<br /><br />They also contain quite a bit of amylose, soluble and insoluble fibers when the whole tuber is eaten.<br /><br />Sw potatoes and heirloom otatoes also contain quite a bit. So a roasted sw/potato is far better than in nutrient dense provisions that a bag of Bob's Red Mill. It contains 8-10 g fiber in every 100 g (~1/2 cup portion) and still have 20 g RS3 when roasted and room temp. THe soluble fiber in these tubers supercharge immunity. Same with legumes. Maybe the matrix in whole foods of both the soluble + RS3 + insoluble fiber is what thrills a balanced and harmonious gut?<br /><br />Handy tubers make great ancestral snacks too! LIke a good HG, I bring them in my purse and snack all day on them, esp after a run. Not much protein though (or fat). So a handful of nuts or grassfed beef jerky or raw milk yogurt are excellent accompaniments.Dr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-64450671801346302252014-08-30T11:34:43.807-07:002014-08-30T11:34:43.807-07:00For those that gain weight on potatoes, try to ide...For those that gain weight on potatoes, try to identify safe non-toxic legumes as a way of getting resistant starch. The legumes that work for me are sprouted lentils and Anasazi beans. I use the quick soak method for Anasazi beans in a pressure cooker; drain and rinse and then cook in the pressure cooker with some salt various spices for 12 minutes under pressure. James Nnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-14719339081356257342014-08-28T21:11:55.504-07:002014-08-28T21:11:55.504-07:00Bergman,
Just tetracycline, doxy and the like ant...Bergman,<br /><br />Just tetracycline, doxy and the like antibiotic class, no lying down 2-3 hours afterwards because the drug can reflux up and 'burn' the mucosal surface of the esophagus. <br /><br />The mercury exposures in our youths can haunt us forever, particularly if we have a combo of the genetic variants that alter the way we eliminate or detox heavy metals. The skin/dermal exposure may not be that bad but the thing with mercury is that it vaporizes easily. When we chew or ingest heated food, our mercury amalgams 'gas off' mercury. When mercury containing thermometers or energy efficient bulbs break and release beads of mercury on carpeting or the floor, they are known to gas off into the environment.Dr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-91301843505549466652014-08-28T09:25:54.306-07:002014-08-28T09:25:54.306-07:00I might have high mercury, as a child our family f...I might have high mercury, as a child our family friend was a dentist and he gave us some mercury to play with. I did not ingest any but it might have leached trans dermaly or micro amounts could have remained on my hands and ingested. Also I took tetracycline for childhood acne. I don't remember how long I was on the theropy, but I do remember getting reflux from the capsules ( horrible taste).Jeffrey Bergmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567798915781212527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-10317473419107110392014-08-28T08:03:44.825-07:002014-08-28T08:03:44.825-07:00Anon,
Gallbladder damage is gluten related and in...Anon,<br /><br />Gallbladder damage is gluten related and intestinal permeability. Have you stopped all gluten?<br /><br />A stool test from a functional medicine lab can determine how your digestion is <br />--stool pH<br />--elastase<br />--undigested plant, meat or fats<br /><br />What I do is outsource all of the above until digestion optimizes. Are you low thyroid as I discussed in this post? Thyroid also determines our gut health and viciously cycles downward when knocked out. We need thyroid for optimal gut motility, core temps for max gut enzyme activity and secretory function, etc.<br /><br />Do you consume half raw foods? Raw has active digestive enzymes by nature.Dr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-84383569678589759152014-08-27T10:20:23.644-07:002014-08-27T10:20:23.644-07:00Dr. BG,
Go you have any advice for gut health/wei...Dr. BG,<br /><br />Go you have any advice for gut health/weight loss after having your gall bladder removed. Post surgery I have had good success losing weight on VLC but have had mild IBD symptoms. Probiotics & RS has helped but I wanted to see if you have any specific thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-69175478675824969362014-08-25T16:18:47.669-07:002014-08-25T16:18:47.669-07:00Bergman,
No cigars???! Say it aint so...! lol Th...Bergman,<br /><br />No cigars???! Say it aint so...! lol That's funny, his office mate and I do them<br /><br />Yes -- you have to ignore the low fat rhetoric but the other advice is good. If one actually is eating higher carb, then lower fat might be more conducive to meeting health goals. The limit depends on the person -- 30-50% might be ideal for most for maintenance<br /><br />Do you have significant mercury?<br />Do you have ongoing intestinal permeability? <br />How is adrenal function?<br />What's your thyroid panel (FT3, FT4, RT3, antibodies, etc)?<br />Etc<br /><br />On my AHS14 talk, I discuss the 'gut fingerprint' seen in T2 diabetes. This needs to be rehab'd imho for ultimate health and to become superhuman. Like other gut origin conditions, the presence of pathogens and the absence of the beneficial core ancestral microbiota deeply characterize the condition, because energy partitioning massively involves our gut microbiota. <br /><br />Dr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-84768663826117711792014-08-25T07:46:53.414-07:002014-08-25T07:46:53.414-07:00I just finished Dr. Hyman's book. He seems to ...I just finished Dr. Hyman's book. He seems to stick to the low fat dogma that I have heard about for years before turning to Paleo and LCHF. He is close to a vegetarian diet only adding low fat meats and high omega 3 foods like wild salmon. He also recommends whole grain rice and beans, no caffeine, no alcohol, and no cigars. Heaven forbid. I drink a few glasses of wine a week and enjoy my one cup of java in the morning along with the occasional cigar on the golf course. I also took his online questionnaire and he recommended I take $300 a month in supplements.<br />Grace do you think Dr. Hyman's regimen would help me? Do I need to be this strict? I have recently upped my fiber intake with physillium and PS 2 tbls of each per day along with more fruits and vegetables. I feel good, but BG is still high with fasting around 120. My fasting insulin level is high at 15. <br />I love your blog. ThanksJeffrey Bergmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567798915781212527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-10985853964706569452014-08-22T07:22:48.052-07:002014-08-22T07:22:48.052-07:00Andrea,
Do you have seasonal allergies? Any known...Andrea,<br /><br />Do you have seasonal allergies? Any known pollen intolerance?<br /><br />What time zone is convenient for you? The video is now listed on the G-channel tab 'video'!<br /><br />Yes it's easy at home (my kids tried -- not well tho! lol) But packaged RPS has additives. I do fine with food and minimally processed (green banana flour 2-4 Tbs/day, inulin, organic beet root powder, etc). Yeah it is interesting because I hear enough of other RPS failures as well. I think I have more 'ancient' type genes and many modern things I don't tolerate (like sitting on my *ss, lack of sunlight and metals/titanium).<br /><br />NIghtshades are toxic to some (permeability is part of the origin), so that is great you can tolerate potato starch with no probs. Trying to consume insoluble fiber or viscous fibers will move the fermentation toward the terminal end, otherwise it flash-burns out early in the caecum. The benefits of butyrate won't be spread out.<br /><br /><br />Mycroft<br />Actually I like maltodextrin for temporary use and a 'gut break'.<br /><br />Here's my liquid gut diet (slide 21) paleo-style<br />http://www.slideshare.net/ancestralhealth/drbg<br /><br />1/2 cooked veg<br />1/2 raw veg<br />MCT oil, coconut oil, cold pressed EVO<br />3 grams glutamine<br />BCAA (leucine), free form AAs<br />dextrose, ribose, glucose<br /><br />(an updgrade from commercial Vivonex by Nestle)<br /><br />OS are fantastic. Personally I prefer to get them from legumes and veggies and natural fermentation but for sick, broken guts, this is less likely to happen because the keystone species are gone and missing. The best to replicate are taking probiotics + inulin until they fast tract back into population. From wiki:<br /><br />"Oligosaccharides are one of the components of fibre, found in plants. FOS and inulin are found naturally in Jerusalem artichoke, burdock, chicory, leeks, onions, and asparagus. FOS products derived from chicory root contain significant quantities of inulin, a fiber widely distributed in fruits, vegetables and plants. Inulin is a significant part of the daily diet of most of the world’s population. FOS can also be synthesized by enzymes of the fungus Aspergillus niger acting on sucrose. GOS is naturally found in soybeans and can be synthesized from lactose (milk sugar). FOS, GOS, and inulin are available as nutritional supplements in capsules, tablets, and as a powder.<br /><br />Not all natural oligosaccharides occur as components of glycoproteins or glycolipids. Some, such as the raffinose series, occur as storage or transport carbohydrates in plants. Others, such as maltodextrins or cellodextrins, result from the microbial breakdown of larger polysaccharides such as starch or cellulose."Dr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-54922554525406666532014-08-22T00:39:16.379-07:002014-08-22T00:39:16.379-07:00How do you feel about going straight to oligosacch...How do you feel about going straight to oligosaccharides by taking malto-dextrin? Rob Rhinehard used malto-dextrin in his first version of soylent, and he noted the smooth, sustained energy he had for hours. No blood sugar spike. Maltodextrin is also cheap and easily available.MycroftJonesnoreply@blogger.com