History and developments in functional carbohydrates
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From the point of nutrition, carbohydrate is one of the most important nutrients in the human diet when daily intake is considered. According to dietary advice, 50-60% of total energy that we consume should come from carbohydrates. Many foods contain large amounts of carbohydrates. Not until the early 1980s did the scientific community begin to focus on the physical diversity of carbohydrates. Since then, the knowledge related to the physiological role of carbohydrates and their effect on health and disease has experienced deep development. “Functional carbohydrates” is the term used to describe those carbohydrates that have more nutritious value than traditional carbohydrates and that play an important role in strengthening immunity, 2decreasing the level of blood-lipid, regulating the intestinal flora of humans, etc. With the growing diversity of carbohydrates, functional carbohydrates now mainly cover dietary fiber, functional polysaccharides, functional oligosaccharides, sugar alcohols, and other functional monosaccharides. © 2018 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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TNO Identifier
954910
ISBN
978-1-4987-1877-6
Publisher
CRC Press
Source title
Functional Carbohydrates: Development, Characterization, and Biomanufacture
Editor(s)
Chen, J.
Zhu, Y.
Liu, S.
Zhu, Y.
Liu, S.
Place of publication
Boca Raton
Pages
1-19
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