Basic Nutrition (Healthy Eating: A Guide to Nutrition) by Lori A. Smolin, Mary B. Grosvenor

By Lori A. Smolin, Mary B. Grosvenor

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During the hydrogenation of vegetable oils to make margarine and shortening, some of the cis bonds are converted to trans.

The ingredient list provides some information about the sweeteners added to a food. While the amounts of ingredients are not given, the ingredients are listed in order of prominence by weight, so the closer an ingredient is to the front of the list, the more of it there is in the food. In strawberry yogurt, sugar is the second ingredient and high-fructose corn syrup, another common source of added sugar, is the fourth ingredient. The amount of added sugar is the sum of these two sources of sugar.

These substances may directly affect cells in the colon. Some of the effect of a high-fiber diet in preventing colon cancer may also be due to substances other than Bacteria in the Intestine Amazingly, the large intestine is home to several hundred species of bacteria. Our bodies provide them with a nice warm home with lots of food and they do you some favors in return—that is, if they are the right kind of bacteria. The right intestinal bacteria improve the digestion and absorption of essential nutrients, synthesize some vitamins, and metabolize harmful substances, such as ammonia, thus reducing levels in the blood.

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