Benefits of dietary fiber in clinical nutrition

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 625-635

  Klosterbuer, Abby ^a   Roughead, Zamzam Fariba ^b   Slavin, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

constipation; diarrhea; dietary fiber; enteral nutrition; fatty acids; prebiotics; volatile

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARABINOSE; BULKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GUAR GUM; GUM ARABIC; HEMICELLULOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INULIN; LAXATIVE; LIPID; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED GUAR GUM; PECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHAMNOSE; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACACIA SENEGAL; ACACIA SEYAL; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BLOATING; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSTIPATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; ELEMENTAL DIET; ENTERIC FEEDING; FECES MICROFLORA; FERMENTATION; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MACRONUTRIENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MINERAL METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OAT; PEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEPSIS; SOLUBILITY; SOYBEAN; TUBE FEEDING; VISCOSITY;

DIETARY FIBER; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS;

EID: 80053239217     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533611416126     Document Type: Review

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