Guest guest Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 Terry, Inulin is a chain of fructose molecules capped with a glucose molecule - a long-chain sugar that you can't digest, but the correct bowel bacteria can. It is present in a lot of foods in small quantities. The incorrect bowel bacteria can not digest chain lengths over about 4, so while they are starved, the correct bacteria can thrive on this soluble fiber. Shorter-chain sugars and ordinary sugar, and starch, can be digested by both correct and incorrect bowel bacteria. Because death begins in the colon, attention to this detail of bowel health is very important although often overlooked. A full course on inulin and bowel health is available at: http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/inulin_review.html and elsewhere on my website there are a lot more references including examples of foods that contain inulin. Duncan Crow > RE: Re: Re: anti-inflamatory > > What is inulin? > > Terry Petty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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