Carbohydrates

Question 1

Soluble (viscous) Dietary Fiber

In the GI tract, soluble fiber does or does not dissolve in water?

Digested by bacteria in the _____ ______

FORMS A ______ THAT _______ TRANSIT TIME (slows the passage of food; delays gastric emptying)

Answer 1

does
large intestine

forms a gel that increases the transit time.

Question 2

When soluble fibres, resistant starch, prebiotics (e.g.,inulin) reach colon, they serve as a _____ _____ for microflora

Answer 2

food source

Question 3

Insoluble (non-viscous) Dietary Fiber

Can or cannot be broken down in large intestine?

Does or does not dissolve in water?

INCREASED _____ ______ & MASS STIMULATES PERISTALSIS & GI MOTILITY AND _______ TRANSIT TIME (passes through faster)

Answer 3

cannot

does not dissolve in water