Jennie,
>Thanks for your well-documented facts about amylase inhibitors. My
>understanding is that these are all very heat labile and denatured by
cooking.
>If we eat raw starch we get a bad pain in the belly because raw starch
per se is
>resistant to digestion.
I eat lots of raw starch (rice, other grains, yams) with NO pains in the
belly.
Bob Avery ([log in to unmask])