Sentences with phrase «plant carbohydrates»

Inulin is a type of plant carbohydrate and is an excellent source of prebiotics.

This study looked at two diets: a carbohydrate rich diet (one rich in plant carbohydrates similar to fruits and vegetables humans consume) and pitted it against the Western, Standard American Diet (SAD)(think high in simple refined carbs, added sugars, and unhealthy fats — this is found in most all home cooked, grocery prepared, and restaurant meals as they use convenient processed ingredients).

The mice were provided with two distinct diets: one rich in plant carbohydrates similar to fruits and vegetables humans consume; the other mimicking a Western diet, high in simple sugars and fat.

In total, the team were able to convert up to 82 per cent of the original plant carbohydrates into fermentable sugars.

In new research, chemists have successfully converted cellulose — the most common plant carbohydrate — directly into the building block called HMF in one step.

FODMAPs are types of short chain plant carbohydrates which are poorly digested in those with weak gut bacteria or in rarer cases, genetic intolerances This poor digestion commonly causes acne and is a big danger in seemingly healthy and wholesome foods.

It's conclusions are based on advanced genetics that are well beyond my understanding; but they suggest that dogs have evolved over the last 27,000 years (ref) to absorb and utilize plant carbohydrates considerably better than the wild carnivores that preceded them.

(ref) It may be wiser to depend more on added fat and fiber for dilution of the cat's protein consumption rather than a large amount of added plant carbohydrates.

You can make a diet for your dog that furnishes about 20 - 45 % protein, 5 - 10 % fat and 20 - 35 % carbohydrate if the food you serve it is made up of about 2 - 3 parts meat and 2 - 3 parts plant carbohydrates.

(Some thoughtful veterinarians believe that veterinary prescription diets sold for cats contain too much plant carbohydrate.

Dry cat foods are often packed with plant carbohydrates, preservatives and compounds that cats were not designed to metabolize.

While dogs can survive on meat alone, they can also process plant carbohydrates such as milled grain and potato starch.

«Fiber is a broad term that includes many kinds of plant carbohydrates that we can not digest.

This study looked at two diets: a carbohydrate rich diet (one rich in plant carbohydrates similar to fruits and vegetables humans consume) and pitted it against the Western, Standard American Diet (SAD)(think high in simple refined carbs, added sugars, and unhealthy fats — this is found in most all home cooked, grocery prepared, and restaurant meals as they use convenient processed ingredients).

In exchange for some nitrogen, the bacteria receive from the plants carbohydrates and special structures (nodules) in roots where they can exist in a moist environment.

High quality, nutrient - dense forages offer more energy due to improved digestibility of the plant carbohydrates, resulting in more sugars, pectins, hemicellulose and other materials that are more digestible by the rumen bacteria.

Take the Inuit tribes of North America and Greenland, who live in climates where fruits and starches (plant carbohydrates) are not readily available.