article_snippet: Therefore this resistant starch is not absorbed and turned into energy or fat, and has no calories.
article_snippet: Mr James explained that starch can be digestible or indigestible.
article_snippet: Unlike digestible types of starch, RS is not broken down in the small intestine, where carbohydrates are normally metabolized into glucose and other simple sugars and absorbed into the bloodstream.
highlights_snippet: RS is indigestible to the human body and so is not turned into sugar or fat .
  