CRC handbook of dietary fiber in human nutrition /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Spiller, Gene A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [1993]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Dietary fiber: from early hunter-gatherers to the 1990s
  • Dietary fiber: a perspective
  • Definition of dietary fiber
  • Dietary fiber parts of food plants and algae
  • Food components that behave as dietary fiber
  • Food components associated with dietary fiber
  • Polysaccharide food additives that contribute to dietary fiber
  • Glossary of dietary fiber components
  • Enzymatic gravimetric methods
  • Detergent analysis of foods
  • Dietary fiber and starch: classification and measurement
  • Southgate method of dietary fiber analysis
  • Determination of individual components of dietary fiber
  • Crude fiber method
  • Newer methods for the analysis of phytate and its hydrolysis products
  • Determination of the saponin content of foods
  • Effect of dietary fiber and foods on carbohydrate metabolism
  • Effect of dietary fiber on intestinal absorption of lipids
  • Influence of dietary fiber on cholesterol metabolism in experimental animals
  • Effect of dietary fiber on protein digestibility and utilization.
  • (cont) Bioavailability of minerals from cereals
  • Overview of the effects of dietary fiber on the utilization of minerals and trace elements
  • Effects of dietary fiber on vitamin metabolism
  • Effect of dietary fiber on fecal weight and composition
  • Suggestions for a basis on which to determine a desirable intake of dietary fiber
  • Effect of dietary fiber and fiber-rich foods on structure of the upper gastrointestinal tract
  • Effect of dietary fiber on the structure of the colon
  • Influences of fiber on the ecology of the intestinal flora
  • Interaction between human gut bacteria and fibrous substrates
  • Effects of dietary fiber on digestive enzymes
  • Influence of dietary fiber on the production, absorption, or excretion of short chain fatty acids in humans
  • Effects of dietary fiber on fecal-luminal mutagenic activities
  • Fiber in the treatment of hyperlipidemia
  • Development of the dietary fiber hypothesis of diabetes mellitus
  • Treatment of diabetes with high fiber diets
  • Gallstones
  • Human epidemiological studies on dietary fiber and colon cancer.
  • (cont) Fiber and colonic diverticular disease
  • Fiber and inflammatory bowel disease
  • Disease patterns in South Africa as related to dietary fiber
  • Disease patterns in Japan and changes in dietary fiber (1930-1980)
  • Modification by dietary fiber of toxic or carcinogenic effects
  • Patterns of dietary fiber consumption in humans
  • Consumption of fiber in vegetarians and nonvegetarians
  • Fiber consumption in Australian populations
  • Consumption of dietary fiber-rich foods in China
  • Consumption of dietary fiber in France (1850-1981)
  • Fiber consumption in Italy
  • Dietary fiber values for common foods
  • Dry matter, ash, crude protein, total dietary fiber, soluble fiber, neutral detergent residue, hemicelluloses, cellulose, and lignin content of selected foods
  • Dietary fiber content of selected foods by the southgate methods
  • Dietary fiber content of cereals in Norway
  • Crude fiber values of typical samples
  • Comparison of analyses of dietary fiber and crude fiber
  • Phytate contents of foods.
  • (cont) Plant foods that contain significant levels of saponins and their estimated saponin content
  • Report of the Recommendations on Fiber Classification of the Fiber Supplement Workshop at the XIII International Congress of Nutrition, Brighton U.K.