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• n  foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread)
• n  a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
• n  a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
• v  stiffen with starch

• But there's more to plants than just edible starches and sugars.
• In the first detailed analysis comparing how our systems respond to glucose (which is made when the body breaks down starches such as carbohydrates) and fructose, (the type of .
• To brighten, if not lighten, their washday loads, they buy more than $1 billion a year worth of bleaches and bluing agents, starches and softeners, disinfectants and detergents.

• starch
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News & Articles

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• Poland teen to advocate for diabetes funding in Washington
  POLAND — For five years 14-year-old Quinn Ferguson has battled juvenile diabetes, also called Type 1 diabetes, a condition whereby his body doesn't produce insulin, a hormone needed to convert sugar, starches and other foods into energy needed for life.
  June 16, 2013 - The Lewiston Sun Journal

Quotes

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• David Wells in MLB.com
  Where excellent first-quarter earnings of a year ago reflected steep growth in the ethanol market, our record first-quarter earnings this year demonstrate our strengths in sweeteners and starches, oilseed processing and our global capabilities in... Patricia Woertz http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_A._Woertz&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGHs_YjDz4G1_4ydBynPfuUcchLNw Washington Post http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/06/AR2007110600582.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFWEZBRXXDlZSSIXcbP2K0nVgyDvw Nov 6, 2007 94157 125177 starches No more starches and sugar," Wells explained. "No more rice, pasta, potatoes and white bread. No more fast food. I've cut out alcohol. I can still have a glass of wine now and then. But I've got to watch what I'm doing. I'm not drinking."
• David Ludwig in CNN
  Highly concentrated starches and sugars promote overeating, and the granddaddy of them all is sugar-sweetened beverages,said Ludwig, who runs the Optimal Weight for Life Program at Children's Hospital in Boston.