Since the early 1950s, various definitions of dietary fiber have been proposed by different countries and organizations ( Table 1). In 1953, Hipsley defined dietary fiber as a term for nondigestible ...

There is a considerable body of biological evidence that, at high levels, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, hereafter referred to as ROS and RNS respectively, can be damaging to cells and thus ...

The FDA has ruled in favor of a citizen petition requesting dietary fiber status for MGP Ingredients' Fibersym RW and FiberRiteRW -- both resistant starches 4 (RS4) -- with the agency stating that it ...