Dietary fiber and health. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Susan S. Cho, Nelson Almeida.
• Editors: Cho, Sungsoo; Almeida, Nelson
• Other Names: Vahouny Fiber Symposium, 9th
• Contents: Reflections on 30 years of the Vahouny Fiber Symposia -- Discussion relating to the definition of dietary fiber at the Ninth Vahouny Fiber Symposium: building scientific agreement -- Implementation issues of the codex definition of dietary fiber: degree of polymerization, physiological, and methodological considerations -- Regulations for the food labeling of dietary fiber -- Resistant starch: measurement, intakes, and dietary targets -- Measurement techniques for insulin sensitivity -- Consumption of total fiber and types of fiber are associated with a lower prevalence of obesity and abdominal adiposity in U.S. adults: NHANES 1999-2006 -- Fiber and satiety -- Viscous dietary fiber reduces adiposity and plasma adipokines and increases gene expression related to fat oxidation in rats -- Epidemiological studies of dietary fiber and cardiovascular disease -- Fasting glucose turnover but not peripheral insulin resistance is reduced after acetogenic and non-digestible carbohydrate ingestion in metabolic syndrome patients -- Assessing immune health outcomes following dietary interventions in healthy adults: a model using galactooligosaccharides -- Inulin, gut microbes, and health -- Digesta viscosity and glucose behavior in the small intestine lumen -- Manipulating dietary intake of poorly absorbed and frementable short-chain carbohydrates (FODMAPs): implications for laxation and gastrointestinal health -- Colonic metabolism of bioactive molecules: potential impact of dietary fiber -- Impact of low viscous fiber on postprandial and fasting glycemia -- Essentiality and beneficial physiological effects of dietary fiber: resistant maltodextrin: a case study -- Fecal microbiota composition is affected by resistant maltodextrin, and bifidobacteria counts correlate with energy gain -- Resistant maltodextrin overview: chemical and physical properties -- Rice bran fiber -- Hypoglycemic effects of oat [beta]-glucan -- Oat fiber -- Sugarcane fiber -- Galactooligosaccarides: next generation prebiotics -- Physiochemical properties of wheat bran and related application challenges -- Pectin -- Fruit fibers -- Fig fruit by-products (Ficus carica) as a source of dietary fiber -- Tiger nut fiber and its technological applications in meat products -- Technological properties of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) peel extract obtained as coproduct of juice processing -- Mechanisms by which resistant starch produces gut hormones and reduces body fat -- Resistant starch content of brown rice increases after refrigeration in selected varieties -- Acacia gum -- Nondigestible saccharide enhances transcellular transport of myricetin glycosides in the small intestine of rats: a newly defined mechanism of flavonoid absorption -- Efficacy and safety of xylooligosaccharides.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (549 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 615.8/54; Fiber in human nutrition; MEDICAL -- Diet Therapy; MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Nutrition; Fiber in human nutrition; Congresses as Topic; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439899373; 1439899371
• Related ISBNs: 9781439899298; 1439899290
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed on May 13, 2014).
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