Dietary fiber: How did we get where we are?

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-8

  Eastwood, Martin ^a   Kritchevsky, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cardiovascular heart disease; Colon cancer; Diverticulosis; Fermentable fiber metabolism

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; LIPID; MINERAL; PROTEIN; VITAMIN;

CEREAL; DIETARY FIBER; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LEGUME; METABOLITE; NUT; NUTRIENT; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY FIBER; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION POLICY;

EID: 23944493588     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.25.121304.131658     Document Type: Review

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