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Carbohydrates & Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs)
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Carbohydrate fermentation is a major source of energy in the colon. Non-digestible carbohydrates in fiber-rich diets include large polysaccharides (resistant starches, cellulose, hemicellulose, pectins, mucins, and gums), some oligosaccharides that escape digestion, and unabsorbed sugars and alcohols
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- Colonic microflora: nutrition and health
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- The gut microbiome in health and in disease