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As currently used by most physicians, the term dietary fiber includes all of the nonstarch polysaccharides, lignins, sugar alcohols, and low-molecular-weight carbohydrates not metabolized by the enzymes of the human small intestinal mucosa. If this definition of dietary fiber as the indigestible residue of the carbohydrate fraction of the diet is accepted, then it should clearly also include a proportion of the dietary starch, the magnitude of which varies with the extent and type of cooking.
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Hill, M.J. (1982). Colonic Bacterial Activity Effect of Fiber on Substrate Concentration and on Enzyme Action. In: Vahouny, G.V., Kritchevsky, D. (eds) Dietary Fiber in Health and Disease. GWUMC Department of Biochemistry Annual Spring Symposia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6850-6_4
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