Sentences with phrase «resists digestion in the small intestine»

A resistant starch is one that resists digestion in the small intestine and is digested through a fermentation process by bacteria in the large intestine.

A study that looked at the mechanism behind dietary fibers effect on the microbiome, they hypothesized that «dietary fiber resists digestion in the small intestine, and enters the colon where it is fermented to produce [short chain fatty acids] that may enhance the healthy composition of gut microbiota.»

They can use resistant starch as food because it resists digestion in our small intestine, and moves on to the large bowel.

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It gets its name because it resists digestion; it isnt absorbed into the bloodstream in the small intestine like other foods, but it does create a chain reaction in your body.

Resistant starch is a type of prebiotic, insoluble dietary fiber that resists normal digestion in the small intestine.

It is starch, but it is resistant, meaning it resists digestion, traveling through the small intestine to the colon where it is turned into an energy and food source for the flora in our gut.

It's actually a starch that «resists» digestion and absorption in the small intestine and travels through the large intestine largely intact.

Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are carbohydrates that resist digestion by the enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract and can be metabolized by the microbial species that colonize the distal small intestine and colon.