Functional Cereal Products in the Diet for Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Table 1

Classification of starch [44].

Type of starch	Example of occurrence	Probable digestion in small intestine
Rapidly digestible (RDS)	Freshly cooked starchy food	Rapid
Slowly digestible (SDS)	Most raw cereals	Slowly, but completely
Resistant starch (RS)
RS1 physically inaccessible	Partly milled grains and seeds	Resistant
RS2 resistant granules	Raw potato, green banana, high amylose maize starch	Resistant
RS3 retrograded starch	Cooked and cooled starchy foods, bread and cornflakes	Resistant
RS4 chemically modified starch	Starch ethers, starch esters and crossbonded starches	Resistant