Dietary fiber : production challenges, food sources and health benefits

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Preface

Resistant Starch
(Maziarz, Juma, Imrhan, Prasad, Vijayagopal, Texas Woman\'s University, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Denton, TX, USA)

Role of Dietary Fibers on Health of the Gastro-intestinal System and Related Types of Cancer
(Raquel de Pinho Ferreira Guiné, CI&DETS Research Centre and Department of Food Industry, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, ESAV, Quinta da Alagoa, Estrada de Nelas, Ranhados, Viseu, Portugal)

Long Exposure to the Prebiotics Nutriose® FB06 and Raftilose® P95 Increases Uptake of the Short-Chain Fatty Acid Butyrate by Intestinal Epithelial Cells
(Cátia Costa, Pedro Gonçalves, Ana Correia-Branco, Fátima Martel, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine of Porto, University of Porto, Portugal, and others)

Evolutionary Roles of Dietary Fiber in Succeeding Metabolic Syndrome (Mets) and its Responses to a Lifestyle Modification Program: A Brazilian Community-based Study
(Kátia Cristina Portero McLellan, Fernanda Maria Manzini Ramos, José Eduardo Corrente, Lance A Sloan, Roberto Carlos Burini, São Paulo State University/ UNESP School of Medicine, Botucatu, SP, Brasil, and others)

Role of Fiber in Dairy Cow Nutrition and Health
(Nazir Ahmad Khan, Katerina Theodoridou, Peiqiang Yu, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, and others)

Physicochemical Properties and Rheological Behavior of Dietary Fiber Concentrates Obtained from Peach and Quince
(De Escalada Pla, Marina, Eim Valeria, Roselló Carmen, Gerschenson Lía Noemí, Femenia Antoni, Department of Industry, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Buenos Aires University, Argentina, and others)

Characterization of Fractions Enriched in Dietary Fiber Obtained from Waste (Leaves, Stems, Rhizomes and Peels) of Beta Vulgaris Industrialization
(Elizabeth Erhardt, Cinthia Santo Domingo, Ana Maria Rojas, Eliana Fissore, Lía Gerschenson, Department of Industry, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Buenos Aires University, Argentina, and others)

Dietary Fiber Intake Associated with Reduced Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in Southern Chinese Women
(Li Tang, Andy H. Lee, Dada Su, Colin W. Binns, School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia)

Dietary Fiber form Agroindustrial By-products: Orange Peel Flour as Functional Ingredient in Meat Products
(M. Lourdes Pérez-Chabela, Juana Chaparro-Hernández, Alfonso Totosaus, Biotechnology Department, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Distrito Federal, México City, México, and others)

Microbial Exopolysaccharides as Alternative Sources of Dietary Fibers with Interesting Functional and Healthy Properties
(Habib Chouchane, Mohamed Neifar, Noura Raddadi, Fabio Fava, Ahmed Slaheddine Masmoudi, Ameur Cherif, Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bio-Geo Resources Valorization, Higher Institute for Biotechnology, Biotechpole Sidi Thabet, University of Manouba, Ariana, Tunisia, and others)

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