I. Health Benefits
Historical Aspects
Denis Burkitt
Dietary Fiber in Health and Disease: The South African Experience
Alexander R.P. Walker
The Structure of Dietary Fibre
D.A.T. Southgate
Fiber in Foods
Edwin R. Morris
Fiber as Energy Man
Geoffrey Liversey
The Physiological Effects of Dietary Fiber
Christine A. Edwards
Modulations of Intestinal Development by Dietary Fiber Regimens
Marie M. Cassidy and Leo R. Fitzpatrick
II. Lipids and Nutrient Metabolism
Effect of Dietary Fiber on Alimentary Lipemia
Barbara O. Schneeman
Dietary Fiber and Lipid Absorption: Interference of Chitosan and Its Hydrolysates with Cholesterol and Fatty Acid Absorption and Metabolic Consequences in Rats
Ikuo Ikeda, Michihiro Sugano, Katsuko Yoshida, Eiji Sasaki, Yasushi Iwamoto, and Kouta Hatano
The Role of Viscosity in the Cholesterol-Lowering Effect of Dietary Fiber
Daniel D. Gallaher and Craig H. Hassel
Fat/Fiber Interactions: Effect on Colon Physiology and Colonic Cytokinetics
Joanne R. Lupton
Cholesterol-Lowering Effects of Soluble Fiber in Humans
James W. Anderson
Dietary Fiber, Carbohydrate Metabolism and Diabetes
David J.A. Jenkins, Alexandra L. Jenkins, Thomas M.S. Wolever, Vladimir Vuksan, A. Venket Rao, Lilian U. Thompson, and Robert G. Josse
Dietary Fiber and Protein Digestion and Utilization
Bjorn O. Eggum
III. Fiber and Cancer
Fiber and Cancer: Prevention Research
Peter Greenwald and Carolyn Clifford
Fiber and Cancer: Historical Perspectives
John Higginson
Dietary Fiber and Colon Cancer Risk: The Epidemiologic Evidence
Tim Byers
Your Mother was Right - Eat Your Vegetables: The Role of Plant Foods in Cancer
John D. Potter and Kristi Steinmetz
The Polyp Prevention Trial: Rationale and Design
Arthur Schatzkin, Elaine Lanza, and Laura Kruse
ECP Trial of Fibre in Precancerous Lesion of the Large Bowel
Michael J. Hill
IV. Fiber's Nutritional Effects
Dietary Fiber and Digestive Tract Disorders
Albert I. Mendeloff
Dietary Fiber and the Pattern of Energy Intake
Victoria J. Burley and John E. Blundell
Effect of Dietary Fiber on Intestinal Microflora and Health
A.V. Rao
Dietary Fiber and Mineral Nutrition
Dennis T. Gordon, Dan Stoops, and Vicki Ratliff
Effects of Lignans and Other Dietary Estrogens
Kenneth D.R. Setchell
Phytic Acid and Other Nutrients: Are They Partly Responsible for Health Benefits of High Fiber Foods?
Lilian U. Thompson
V. Fiber Effects/In Vivo and In Vitro Laboratory Models
Comparative Aspects of Animal Models
P.J. Van Soest
Propionate as a Mediator of the Effects of Dietary Fiber
David L. Topping
In Vitro Methods That Anticipate the Colonic Influence of Dietary Fibre
W. Gordon Brydon
Fiber and Aspects of Lipid and Cholesterol Metabolism
David Kritchevsky
In Vitro and In Vivo Models for Predicting the Effect of Dietary Fiber and Starchy Foods on Carbohydrate Metabolism
Thomas M.S. Wolever
Animal Models of Obesity: Diet, Inactivity, and Genetics
Linda J. Magrum, Barbara A. Horwitz, and Judith S. Stern
Animal Models of Colon Cancer
David M. Klurfeld
Workshop Summaries
Summary Report of Dietary Fiber Analysis Workshop
Judith A. Marlett
Fiber and the GI Microflora
Abigail A. Salyers
Dietary Fiber and Gastrointestinal Function
Martin A. Eastwood
Design of Human Studies to Determine the Effect of Fiber on Serum Lipids in Relation to Blood Lipids, Fecal Bulking, Glycemic Control or Bodyweight
David J.A. Jenkins
Short-Chain Fatty Acids - Research and Clinical Updates
John L. Rombeau and Jonathan A. Roth
Bile Acids
Jon A. Story
Resistant Starch
Alison M. Stephen
Dietary Fiber and Body Weight Management
Charles T. Bonfield
Public Aspects
Food Industry Perspective: Functional Properties and Food Uses of Dietary Fiber
Mark L. Dreher
Future Research in Dietary Fibre?
Martin Eastwood
Index
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