CRC Handbook of Dietary Fiber in Human Nutrition

Gene A. Spiller

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2001
• Print ISBN: 9780849323874
• eBook ISBN: 9781420038514
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Dietary fiber is widely recognized as an essential element of good nutrition. In fact, research on the use of fiber in food science and medicine is being conducted at an incredible pace. CRC Handbook of Dietary Fiber in Human Nutrition, Third Edition explores the chemistry, analytical methodologies, physiological and biochemical aspects, clinical a

Table of contents

• Prefaces
• Acknowledgments
• The Editor
• Contents
• 1.1 Dietary Fiber: From Early Hunter–Gatherers to the 1990s
• 2.1 Definitions of Dietary Fiber
• 2.2 Dietary Fiber Parts of Food Plants and Algae
• 2.3 Food Components That Behave as Dietary Fiber
• 2.4 Food Components Associated with Dietary Fiber
• 2.5 Polysaccharide Food Additives That Contribute to Dietary Fiber
• 2.6 Glossary of Dietary Fiber Components*
• 2.7 Physical Chemistry of Dietary Fiber
• 2.8 Chitin and Chitosan — Special Class of Dietary Fiber
• 3.1 Enzymatic Gravimetric Methods
• 3.2 Detergent Analysis of Foods
• 3.3 Dietary Fiber Analysis as Nonstarch Polysaccharides (NSPs)
• 3.4 The Southgate Method of Dietary Fiber Analysis
• 3.5 Determination of Total Dietary Fiber and Its Individual Components by the Uppsala Method
• 3.6 The Crude Fiber Method1
• 3.7 Newer Methods for Phytate Analysis
• 3.8 Determination of the Saponin Content of Foods
• 4.1 Effect of Dietary Fiber on Protein Digestibility and Utilization
• 4.2 Effects of Dietary Fiber and Phytate on the Homeostasis and Bioavailability of Minerals
• 4.3 Effects of Dietary Fiber on Vitamin Metabolism
• 4.4 The Effect of Dietary Fiber on Fecal Weight and Composition
• 4.5 Correlations of Transit Time to a Critical Fecal Weight (CFW) and to Substances Associated with Dietary Fiber
• 4.6 Influences of Fiber on the Ecology of the Intestinal Flora
• 4.7 Interaction between Human Gut Bacteria and Dietary Fiber Substrates
• 4.8 Effects of Dietary Fiber on Digestive Enzymes
• 4.9 The Source of Dietary Fiber Influences — Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production and Concentrations in the Large Bowel
• 4.10 Effects of Dietary Fiber on Fecal and Intestinal Luminal Mutagens
• 4.11 Effect of Dietary Fiber and Foods on Carbohydrate Metabolism
• 5.1 Disease Patterns in South Africa as Related to Dietary Fiber Intake
• 5.2 Development of the Dietary Fiber Hypothesis of Diabetes Mellitus*
• 5.3 Treatment of Diabetes with High-Fiber Diets
• 5.4 Fiber in the Treatment of Hyperlipidemia
• 5.5 Human Studies on Dietary Fiber and Colon Neoplasia
• 5.6 Fiber and Colonic Diverticulosis
• 5.7 Fiber and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Ulcerative Colitis And Crohn’s Disease)
• 5.8 Disease Patterns in Japan and Changes in Dietary Fiber (1930–1980)
• 5.9 Dietary Fiber Modification of Toxinor Carcinogen-Induced Effects on Intestinal and Mammary Tissues*
• 6.1 Whole Grain, Fiber, and Antioxidants
• 6.2 Whole Grains, Cereal Fiber, and Chronic Diseases: Epidemiologic Evidence
• 6.3 Whole Grains, Cereal Fiber, and Chronic Diseases: Experimental Evidence and Possible Biologic Mechanisms
• 6.4 Bioavailability of Minerals from Cereals
• 6.5 Phytic Acid and Cancer
• 7.1 Consumption of Dietary Fiber 1992–2000
• 7.2 Patterns of Dietary Fiber Consumptionin Humans to 1992
• 7.3 Dietary Fiber, Nonstarch Polysaccharide, and Resistant Starch Intakes in Australia
• 7.4 Consumption of Dietary Fiber–Rich Foods in China
• 7.5 Consumption of Dietary Fiber in France (1950–1981)
• 7.6 Fiber Consumption in Italy
• APPENDICES
• INDEX