chapter 1 Dietary Fiber: From Early Hunter–Gatherers to the 1990s -- part 2 1 Definitions of Dietary Fiber -- chapter 2 2 Dietary Fiber Parts of Food Plants and Algae -- chapter 2 3 Food Components That Behave as Dietary Fiber -- chapter 2 4 Food Components Associated with Dietary Fiber -- chapter 2 5 Polysaccharide Food Additives That Contribute to Dietary Fiber -- chapter 2 6 Glossary of Dietary Fiber Components* -- chapter 2 7 Physical Chemistry of Dietary Fiber -- chapter 2 Chitin and Chitosan — Special Class of Dietary Fiber -- chapter 3 1 Enzymatic Gravimetric Methods -- chapter 3 2 Detergent Analysis of Foods -- chapter 3 Dietary Fiber Analysis as Non-Starch Polysaccharides (NSPs) -- chapter 3 4 The Southgate Method of Dietary Fiber Analysis -- chapter 3 5 Determination of Total Dietary Fiber and Its Individual Components by the Uppsala Method -- part 3 6 The Crude Fiber Method1 -- chapter 3 7 Newer Methods for Phytate Analysis -- chapter 3 8 Determination of the Saponin Content of Foods -- chapter 4 1 Effect of Dietary Fiber on Protein Digestibility and Utilization -- chapter 4 2 Effects of Dietary Fiber and Phytate on the Homeostasis and Bioavailability of Minerals -- chapter 4 3 Effects of Dietary Fiber on Vitamin Metabolism -- chapter 4 4 The Effect of Dietary Fiber on Fecal Weight and Composition -- chapter 4 5 Correlations of Transit Time to a Critical Fecal Weight (CFW) and to Substances Associated with Dietary Fiber -- chapter 4 6 Influences of Fiber on the Ecology of the Intestinal Flora -- chapter 4 7 Interaction between Human Gut Bacteria and Dietary Fiber Substrates -- chapter 4 8 Effects of Dietary Fiber on Digestive Enzymes -- chapter 4 The Source of Dietary Fiber Influences. Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production and Concentrations in the Large Bowel -- chapter 4 10 Effects of Dietary Fiber on Fecal and Intestinal Luminal Mutagens / chapter 4 11 Effect of Dietary Fiber and Foods on Carbohydrate Metabolism / chapter 5 1 Disease Patterns in South Africa as Related to Dietary Fiber Intake / chapter 5 2 Development of the Dietary Fiber Hypothesis of Diabetes Mellitus* / chapter 5 3 Treatment of Diabetes with High-Fiber Diets / chapter 5 4 Fiber in the Treatment of Hyperlipidemia / chapter 5 5 Human Studies on Dietary Fiber and Colon Neoplasia / chapter 5 6 Fiber and Colonic Diverticulosis / chapter 5 Fiber and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease) / chapter 5 Disease Patterns in Japan and Changes in Dietary Fiber (1930–1980) / chapter 5 Dietary Fiber Modification of Toxin- or Carcinogen-Induced Effects on Intestinal and Mammary Tissues / chapter 6 1 Whole Grain, Fiber, and Antioxidants / chapter 6 2 Whole Grains, Cereal Fiber, and Chronic Diseases: Epidemiologic Evidence / chapter 6 3 Whole Grains, Cereal Fiber, and Chronic Diseases: Experimental Evidence and Possible Biologic Mechanisms / chapter 6 4 Bioavailability of Minerals from Cereals / chapter 6 5 Phytic Acid and Cancer / chapter 7 Consumption of Dietary Fiber 1992–2000 / chapter 7 Patterns of Dietary Fiber Consumption in Humans to 1992 / chapter 7 Dietary Fiber, Non-Starch Polysaccharide, and Resistant Starch Intakes in Australia / chapter 7 Consumption of Dietary Fiber–Rich Foods in China / chapter 7 Consumption of Dietary Fiber in France (1950–1981) -- chapter 7 6 Fiber Consumption in Italy