Whole Grains and Digestive Health

Nondigestible Carbohydrates and Digestive Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 245-272

  Bondia Pons, Isabel ^a   Lappi, Jenni ^a   Selinheimo, Emilia ^b   Kolehmainen, Marjukka ^a   Mykkänen, Hannu ^a   Poutanen, Kaisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cellulose, essential structural component of cereal cell walls; Colonic fermentation of whole grain carbohydrates; Copassengers of whole grain carbohydrates; DF constituents in whole grain; Metabolic links between consumption of cereal foods and disease risk being unclear; Processing, tissue integrity and chemical composition of whole grain foods; Whole grain carbohydrates, role in treatment of gastrointestinal tract diseases, coeliac disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); Whole grain cereal food intake reducing risk of type 2 diabetes; Whole grains and digestive health; Whole grains, rich in different types of DF and associated compounds and large intestinal fermentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872830281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470958186.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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