Over the past decades, dietary fibre (DF) has been well studied with abundant evidence on
its health benefits. Advances in nutritional studies always lead the way followed by the food …

Grasses are amongst the most important crops worldwide, and the composition of their cell
walls is critical for uses as food, feed, and energy crops. Grass cell walls differ dramatically …

Background Previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses explaining the relationship
between carbohydrate quality and health have usually examined a single marker and a …

Epidemiological studies find that whole-grain intake is protective against cancer,
cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. Potential mechanisms for this protection are …

Background: Dietary fiber has been hypothesized to lower the risk of coronary heart disease,
diabetes, and some cancers. However, little is known of the effect of dietary fiber intake on …

Short‐chain fatty acids (SCFAs) have attracted much attention recently because of their
positive physiological effects. In this work, a rapid and reliable gas chromatographic method …

Background Dietary fiber is part of a healthy diet and may exert a protective effect in the
cardiovascular system. The effect of fiber intake on blood pressure (BP) has not yet been …

The digestion of four sources of resistant starch (RS) has been studied in twelve healthy
volunteers who ate controlled diets for 15 d periods. RS from potato, banana, wheat and …

The date palm fruit is a drupe exhibiting a high diversity in texture, shape, color and
chemical composition depending on the genotype, environment, season and cultural …

After the extraction of coconut milk from the disintegrated coconut grating, the spent grating
(residue) can be utilized as dietary fiber. The fiber was ground in a disc mill and grinding …