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Metabolic studies on effect of fiber: Effect on digestibility of energy related nutrients

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Dietary fiber alone or coupled with other factors affects the utilization of nutrients. In the present investigation, response of 4 men consuming diets at 3 levels of energy and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) was studied. Pooled ANOVA for 3 experiments with 4 subjects showed significant differences between the experiments within the subject (P< .01) for digestibility of fat, carbohydrate, nitrogen and NDF. Results indicate that habitual NDF intakes of about 40 grams per day have digestibility of 49% and that amount and source of fiber modify the fat digestibility.

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Agte, V., Joshi, S. Metabolic studies on effect of fiber: Effect on digestibility of energy related nutrients. Indian J Clin Biochem 6, 9–15 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02864959

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