Contrasting effects of viscous and particulate fibers on colonic fermentation in vitro and in vivo, and their impact on intestinal water studied by MRI in a randomized trial.

CONCLUSION: Both viscous and particulate fibers are equally effective at increasing colonic T1 over a period of 24 h. Mechanisms include water trapping in the small bowel by viscous fibers and delivery of substrates to the colonic microbiota by more fermentable particulate fiber. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT03263065.
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Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - July 2, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Gunn D, Murthy R, Major G, Wilkinson-Smith V, Hoad C, Marciani L, Remes-Troche J, Gill S, Rossi M, Harris H, Ahn-Jarvis J, Warren F, Whelan K, Spiller R Tags: Am J Clin Nutr Source Type: research