Life Sciences SIG: Gut Issues - Essay About Dietary Fibers
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GUT ISSUES Life Sciences SIG
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We share many experiences with the kings of old: pastries, for instance,
and home entertainment and vacation trips to far-off lands. Anc ....
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.... dioxide combining in green plants.
Most form part of plant cell walls. But unlike the other carbohydrates,
fibres do not break down into sugars in the human digestive system and then
course through the blood stream fueling muscles and nerves. Rather, when
eaten they tumble intact through the stomach and small intestine and end up
in the colon where billions of bacterial feed on them - in turn producing
intestinal gas. No wonder, then, that dietary fibre has been unwelcome in
many of hi ....
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