Nondigestible carbohydrates and digestive health

Featuring authors from academia as well as industry, this book provides a broad view of carbohydrates influencing digestive health. Part 1 is a general overview of carbohydrates that function as prebiotics or fermentable carbohydrates. Part 2 is a more in depth examination of specific carbohydrates...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aimutis, William R. (Author), Paeschke, Teri M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell , c2011
Series:IFT Press series
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction to fiber and nondigestible carbohydrates: Definition, health aspects, and perspectives -- 2. The gastrointestinal tract and its microflora -- 3. The immunomodulatory effects of dietary fiber and prebiotics in the gastrointestinal tract -- 4. Lower gut hormones and health effects associated with consumption of fermentable fibers -- 5. Animal, in vitro, and cell culture models to study the role of dietary fibers in the gastrointestinal tract of humans -- 6. Impact of fiber on gastrointestinal microbiota -- 7. Fermentable carbohydrates and digestive health -- 8. Overview of dietary fiber and its influence on gastrointestinal health -- 9. Toward second-generation carbohydrate functional food ingredients -- 10. Whole grains and digestive health -- 11. Fermentability of polydextrose, resistant maltodextrin, and other soluble fibers: prebiotic potential -- 12. Development and evaluation bimuno, a noval second-generation prebiotic galactooligosaccharide mixture -- 13. Concluding remarks: gastrointestinal health and nondigestible carbohydrates 
520 |a Featuring authors from academia as well as industry, this book provides a broad view of carbohydrates influencing digestive health. Part 1 is a general overview of carbohydrates that function as prebiotics or fermentable carbohydrates. Part 2 is a more in depth examination of specific carbohydrates for digestive health and applications 
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650 0 |a Fiber in human nutrition 
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