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Dietary Fiber: Production Challenges, Food Sources & Health Benefits
Marvine Clemens
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Description for Dietary Fiber: Production Challenges, Food Sources & Health Benefits
Hardback. Editor(s): Clemens, Marvin E. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 265 x 17. Weight in Grams: 546.
Dietary fibers are classified into water soluble or insoluble, and most plant foods include in their composition variable amounts of a mixture of soluble and insoluble fibers. This soluble or insoluble nature of fiber is related to its physiological effects. Insoluble fibers are characterized by high porosity, low density and the ability to increase fecal bulk, and act by facilitating intestinal transit, thus reducing the exposure to carcinogens in the colon and therefore acting as protectors against colon cancer. The influence of soluble fiber in the digestive tract includes its ability to retain water and form gels as well as ... Read more
Dietary fibers are classified into water soluble or insoluble, and most plant foods include in their composition variable amounts of a mixture of soluble and insoluble fibers. This soluble or insoluble nature of fiber is related to its physiological effects. Insoluble fibers are characterized by high porosity, low density and the ability to increase fecal bulk, and act by facilitating intestinal transit, thus reducing the exposure to carcinogens in the colon and therefore acting as protectors against colon cancer. The influence of soluble fiber in the digestive tract includes its ability to retain water and form gels as well as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781634636551
SKU
V9781634636551
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