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A new report from The Journal of Nutrition*, observes that the colonic fermentation of carbohydrates "play a vital role in maintenance of colonic integrity and metabolism." The reference is to colitis. For the most part, it is butyrate that is of great importance for colonic health, they note. Butyrate is created by action upon those carbohydrates that are fibre also called "resistant starch." ..."The improvement...by the inflamed mucosa 'mucus membranes in the colon] appeared after 14 d 'days] of RS 'resistant starch] supplementation 'in the animals tested.] Emphasis added. *vol. 134, 2004. By; Wu, Fang, Yang, Lupton & Turner, Faculty of Nutrition, Texas A&M U., College Station, TX 77843, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Beijing Inst. of Rad. Med., Beijing, China 100850; and China Agri. U, Beijing, China 100094. DETAILS: Fibre can be obtained by eating whole wheat cereals or bread, brown rice, barley, etc. back to Crohn's, Gastro, IBS index SEARCH BY SUBJECT - TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS MONTH'S HEALTH BULLETIN NEWS
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