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Soluble corn fiber can help young women build bone and older women preserve bone

16 points by Mz 10y ago

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helloworld 10y ago
I don't want to be unnecessarily cynical, but I do notice that this research about corn was funded by a company, Tate & Lyle, which provides corn-based ingredients: http://www.tateandlyle.com/ingredientsandservices/pages/rawmaterials.aspx http://www.tateandlyle.com/ingredientsandservices/pages/rawm... Too bad that the researchers couldn't have found more neutral funders.
- jandrese 10y ago
  This is the kind of study I would like to see replicated by an independent lab.
- CuriouslyC 10y ago
  You can find less biased research that examines structurally similar resistant starches, such as bean or cocoa oligosaccharides. In theory resistant corn starch should have similar properties, with the added benefit that you can use it as a flour replacement at around 10-15% of total dry weight without significantly affecting taste or texture of the finished product.
GFK_of_xmaspast 10y ago
There was a "what about the men" comment that appears to have disappeared before I could respond to it, but here's some useful info about calcium https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Calcium-Consumer/ https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Calcium-Consumer/ in particular check out those RDAs.
- douche 10y ago
  Like most RDAs, they are almost comically low. Three cups of milk (one large glass...) would exceed the recommended amount , before eating anything else that might possibly contain calcium.
  - AstralStorm 10y ago
    The actual dietary guidelines would fill the need worry leafy green vegetables. Milk is only a decent source because it is fortified.
bpodgursky 10y ago
That's pretty funny, I was just this morning looking up Quest bars on Amazon, and the comments were all furious that they had switched the fiber source in them to soluble corn fiber (ex https://www.amazon.com/review/R3B99075S9546R/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B014WS4S9E&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=3760901&store=hpc#wasThisHelpful https://www.amazon.com/review/R3B99075S9546R/ref=cm_cr_dp_cm...) Maybe a good change overall, although it clearly wasn't driven by this study.
- artifaxx 10y ago
  Soluble corn fiber still needs more study, but then again their previous fiber source (isomalto-oligosaccharides) seems like it was worse given what evidence does exist.
colechristensen 10y ago
When it comes down to it, journalists should never write articles about single health studies. In essence, none of them are valuable sources of information for the general public. Without replication and meta-analyses, they really should only get attention from the scientific community.

16 points by Mz 10y ago

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I don't want to be unnecessarily cynical, but I do notice that this research about corn was funded by a company, Tate & Lyle, which provides corn-based ingredients: http://www.tateandlyle.com/ingredientsandservices/pages/rawmaterials.aspx http://www.tateandlyle.com/ingredientsandservices/pages/rawm... Too bad that the researchers couldn't have found more neutral funders.

jandrese 10y ago
This is the kind of study I would like to see replicated by an independent lab.
CuriouslyC 10y ago
You can find less biased research that examines structurally similar resistant starches, such as bean or cocoa oligosaccharides. In theory resistant corn starch should have similar properties, with the added benefit that you can use it as a flour replacement at around 10-15% of total dry weight without significantly affecting taste or texture of the finished product.

GFK_of_xmaspast 10y ago

There was a "what about the men" comment that appears to have disappeared before I could respond to it, but here's some useful info about calcium https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Calcium-Consumer/ https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Calcium-Consumer/ in particular check out those RDAs.

douche 10y ago
Like most RDAs, they are almost comically low. Three cups of milk (one large glass...) would exceed the recommended amount , before eating anything else that might possibly contain calcium.
- AstralStorm 10y ago
  The actual dietary guidelines would fill the need worry leafy green vegetables. Milk is only a decent source because it is fortified.

bpodgursky 10y ago

That's pretty funny, I was just this morning looking up Quest bars on Amazon, and the comments were all furious that they had switched the fiber source in them to soluble corn fiber (ex https://www.amazon.com/review/R3B99075S9546R/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B014WS4S9E&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=3760901&store=hpc#wasThisHelpful https://www.amazon.com/review/R3B99075S9546R/ref=cm_cr_dp_cm...) Maybe a good change overall, although it clearly wasn't driven by this study.

artifaxx 10y ago
Soluble corn fiber still needs more study, but then again their previous fiber source (isomalto-oligosaccharides) seems like it was worse given what evidence does exist.

colechristensen 10y ago

When it comes down to it, journalists should never write articles about single health studies. In essence, none of them are valuable sources of information for the general public. Without replication and meta-analyses, they really should only get attention from the scientific community.