Dietary fibre and how we metabolise it
We are all aware of the health benefits of “dietary fibre”. But what is dietary fibre and how do we metabolise it?Research at the University of York’s Structural Biology Laboratory, in collaboration with groups in Canada, the USA and Sweden, has begun to uncover how our gut bacteria metabolise the complex dietary carbohydrates found in fruits and vegetables.
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Dietary fibre and how we metabolise it
January 20, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: biology-laboratory, complex, dietary-fibre, health, laboratory, metabolise-the-complex, nutrition / diet, our-gut, structural, sweden, the-complex, uncover-how, university, usa
