Is there anybody in your family on a diet? Then you’ve probably heard them say as they turned down a certain dish, “Not for me! Too much starch!” Of course, if there are growing children in a house, they are usually fed plenty of starch to “build them up.” Starch—whether people try to cut down on it or to get all they can—is one of the most important substances in the world. The human race gets more food from starch than from any other single substance!