Details. Arrowroot is an easily digested starch extracted from the roots of the arrowroot plant, Maranta arundinacea. The starch is used as a thickener in many foods such as puddings and sauces, and is also used in cookies and other baked goods.The arrowroot plant is native to the tropics of South America.etails. Arrowroot is an easily digested starch extracted from the roots of the arrowroot plant, Maranta arundinacea. The starch is used as a thickener in many foods such as puddings and sauces, and is also used in cookies and other baked goods.
Equally as important as these physical side effects of obesity are the psychological consequences, which include the following: 1  Lowering of self-esteem often reinforced by teasing and bullying at school as well as a recurring barrage of the normal/ideal physique displayed by the media and entertainment industries.
In addition to increasing height in children and adolescents, growth hormone has many other effects on the body: 1  Increases calcium retention, and strengthens and increases the mineralization of bone. 2  Increases muscle mass through sarcomere hypertrophy. 3  Promotes lipolysis. 4  Increases protein synthesis.