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ReviewNutrients2023

Beyond Insoluble Dietary Fiber: Bioactive Compounds in Plant Foods.

Madeline Timm, Lisa C Offringa, B Jan-Willem Van Klinken, Joanne Slavin

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Review in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Understanding fiber in diet: Not a single entity but a heterogeneous group.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Madeline TimmDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1334 Eckles Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
Lisa C OffringaBrightseed, 201 Haskins Way, San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
B Jan-Willem Van KlinkenBrightseed, 201 Haskins Way, San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6610-5388
Joanne SlavinDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1334 Eckles Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0720-5300

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Consumption of plant foods, including whole grains, vegetables, fruits, pulses, nuts, and seeds, is linked to improved health outcomes. Dietary fiber is a nutrient in plant foods that is associated with improved health outcomes, including a lower risk of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers. Different fibers deliver different health benefits based on their physiochemical properties (solubility, viscosity) and physiological effects (fermentability). Additionally, plant foods contain more than dietary fiber and are rich sources of bioactives, which also provide health benefits. The concept of the solubility of fiber was introduced in the 1970s as a method to explain physiological effects, an idea that is no longer accepted. Dividing total dietary fiber (TDF) into insoluble dietary fiber (IDF) and soluble dietary fiber (SDF) is an analytical distinction, and recent work finds that IDF intake is linked to a wide range of health benefits beyond increased stool weight. We have focused on the IDF content of plant foods and linked the concept of IDF to the bioactives in plant foods. Ancestral humans might have consumed as much as 100 g of dietary fiber daily, which also delivered bioactives that may be more important protective compounds in disease prevention. Isolating fibers to add to human diets may be of limited usefulness unless bioactives are included in the isolated fiber supplement.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2DietDietary FiberFruitHumansVegetablesDietary Fiberbioactivesdietary fiberfruitshealthligninphytochemicalsplant foodspolyphenolvegetables

Identifiers

PMID37836422
PMCPMC10574517

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