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ch. 1 Resistant Starch / Mindy Maziarz, Parakat Vijayagopal, Shanil Juma, Victorine Imrhan and Chandan Prasad -- ch. 2 Role of Dietary Fibers on Health of the Gastro-Intestinal System and Related Types of Cancer / Raquel de Pinho Ferreira Guiné -- ch. 3 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 Gonc̦alves, Ana Correia-Branco and Fatima Martel -- ch. 4 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 and Roberto Carlos Burini -- ch. 5 Role of Fiber in Dairy Cow Nutrition and Health / Nazir Ahmad Khan, Katerina Theodoridou and Peiqiang Yu -- ch. 6 Physicochemical Properties and Rheological Behavior of Dietary Fiber Concentrates Obtained from Peach and Quince / Marina De Escalada Pla, Eim Valeria, Roselló Carmen, Gerschenson Lía Noemí and Femenia Antoni -- ch. 7 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 and Lía Gerschenson -- ch. 8 Dietary Fiber Intake Associated with Reduced Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in Southern Chinese Women / Li Tang, Andy H. Lee, Dada Su and Colin W. Binns -- ch. 9 Dietary Fiber From Agroindustrial By-Products: Orange Peel Flour As Functional Ingredient in Meat Products / M. Lourdes Pérez-Chabela, Juan Chaparro-Hernández and Alfonso Totosaus -- ch. 10 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 and Ameur Cherif.

Dietary fibers are classified into water soluble or insoluble, and most plant foods include in their composition variable amounts of a mixture of soluble and insoluble fibers. This soluble or insoluble nature of fiber is related to its physiological effects. Insoluble fibers are characterized by high porosity, low density and the ability to increase fecal bulk, and act by facilitating intestinal transit, thus reducing the exposure to carcinogens in the colon and therefore acting as protectors against colon cancer. The influence of soluble fiber in the digestive tract includes its ability to retain water and form gels as well as a role as a substrate for fermentation of colon bacteria. This book discusses the production challenges, food sources and health benefits of dietary fiber.--