Dietary Fiber: Physiological Effects and Health Outcomes

Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition

Volumn 2-4, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-54

  Topping, D L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Coronary heart disease; Dietary fiber; Fermentation; Glycemic index; Laxation; Nonstarch polysaccharides; Resistant starch; Short chain fatty acids; Whole grains

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043233469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375083-9.00106-9     Document Type: Chapter

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