April 26/Sydney, Australia/CSIRO -- Very soon, bread and cereals will be blessed with wheat that will help as a protection against bowel cancer. CSIRO scientists are working to develop these popular grains with higher levels of alleged resistant starch, because in an earlier research, they got to know that this kind of starch in wheat greatly helps in reducing the risk of DNA damage in the colon, which is better known for originating bowel cancer.
It does exist in some wholegrain breads and cereals, legumes and firm bananas in which this kind of resistant starch is easily found. Besides, cooked pasta, rice and potatoes, after being cooled, also contains this starch.