Gokcumen speculated that people today who have fewer amylase genes may be more vulnerable to diseases such as diabetes that are fueled by a starch-heavy modern diet. Down the line, the findings ...

All this suggests that having more AMY1 copies is beneficial for mammals that consume a lot of starch, but oddly, scientists still haven’t determined exactly how multiple copies of a salivary amylase ...

When you chew carbohydrate-rich foods, carbohydrase enzymes, such as amylase in your saliva, break down starch into sugar to give us the energy we need. Then protease enzymes in your stomach break ...

When you chew carbohydrate-rich foods, carbohydrase enzymes, such as amylase in your saliva, break down starch into sugar to give us the energy we need. Then protease enzymes in your stomach break ...

Egg whites contain long string-like, protein molecules. Heating too quickly or too long causes these protein molecules to ...