Comments on: pure fiber zero calories pasta recipes http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2005/09/13/pure-fiber-zero-calories-pasta-recipes/ Some tips for diabetic, recipes and products. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:29:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Dave Black http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2005/09/13/pure-fiber-zero-calories-pasta-recipes/#comment-11194 Dave Black Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:06:38 +0000 http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2005/09/13/pure-fiber-zero-calories-pasta-recipes/#comment-11194 The polysaccharide discussion revolved around whether they're useful as food. They are. Some increase white blood cell production, some feed the probiotic bacteria in the bowel, some have a direct kill on infection, some can feed bad bacteria and some do nothing, depending on their structure. For good bowel flora, about 12 grams daily of the type the bowel bacteria can eat (inulin) is useful. The polysaccharides in mushrooms do not increase good bowel bacteria. Flora Source is a good blend provided you get live bacteria, but although it improves the bacterial profile in the stool it does not promote the fermentation of these organisms in the gut so they can outcompete on the bowel lining where the battle is really fought. This is why many people discover that probiotics only work as long as <!--more--> you're taking them; without feeding the probiotic blend it it can't do its job. Prebiotics like inulin are a cheap way to get things normalized in the bowel. regards, The polysaccharide discussion revolved around whether they’re useful
as food. They are. Some increase white blood cell production, some
feed the probiotic bacteria in the bowel, some have a direct kill on
infection, some can feed bad bacteria and some do nothing, depending
on their structure.

For good bowel flora, about 12 grams daily of the type the bowel
bacteria can eat (inulin) is useful. The polysaccharides in mushrooms
do not increase good bowel bacteria.

Flora Source is a good blend provided you get live bacteria, but
although it improves the bacterial profile in the stool it does not
promote the fermentation of these organisms in the gut so they can
outcompete on the bowel lining where the battle is really fought.
This is why many people discover that probiotics only work as long as

you’re taking them; without feeding the probiotic blend it it can’t
do its job. Prebiotics like inulin are a cheap way to get things
normalized in the bowel.

regards,

]]> By: John Smith http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2005/09/13/pure-fiber-zero-calories-pasta-recipes/#comment-11193 John Smith Sat, 17 Sep 2005 02:49:49 +0000 http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2005/09/13/pure-fiber-zero-calories-pasta-recipes/#comment-11193 I am not following some of this thread, but aren't mushrooms good for us? I eat them like crazy this time of year, and if I shouldn't be, would someone let me know...thanks. I took 2 antibiotics this winter and my daughter got me a FLORA SOURCE by Golden Health Products to take. Is that good? Thanks Anna I am not following some of this thread,
but aren’t mushrooms good for us?
I eat them like crazy this time of year, and if I shouldn’t be, would someone
let me know…thanks.
I took 2 antibiotics this winter and my daughter got me a FLORA SOURCE by Golden
Health Products to take. Is that good? Thanks
Anna

]]> By: Dave Black http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2005/09/13/pure-fiber-zero-calories-pasta-recipes/#comment-11192 Dave Black Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:46:11 +0000 http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2005/09/13/pure-fiber-zero-calories-pasta-recipes/#comment-11192 > Yes...true...of course we can't digest the bark of a tree! > Polysaccharides are incredibly common; mushrooms are full of them, as is aloe vera, and the inulin I referred to is the most common carbohydrate after starch. All vegetables have some in them, and the main source of commercial inulin is not tree bark, but chicory. This nis what the good bowel bacteria use. The bark of a tree is primarily cellulose, another type of polysaccharide and one the good bowel bacteria can NOT digest, but clostridia, one of the bad ones, can. None of the above are digestible by humans. > Yes…true…of course we can’t digest the bark of a tree!
>

Polysaccharides are incredibly common; mushrooms are full of them, as
is aloe vera, and the inulin I referred to is the most common
carbohydrate after starch. All vegetables have some in them, and the
main source of commercial inulin is not tree bark, but chicory. This
nis what the good bowel bacteria use.

The bark of a tree is primarily cellulose, another type of
polysaccharide and one the good bowel bacteria can NOT digest, but
clostridia, one of the bad ones, can.

None of the above are digestible by humans.

]]> By: Dave Black http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2005/09/13/pure-fiber-zero-calories-pasta-recipes/#comment-11191 Dave Black Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:17:49 +0000 http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2005/09/13/pure-fiber-zero-calories-pasta-recipes/#comment-11191 There will only be calories in a product with mono or disaccharides in it if your enzymes get to it first, and IF the sugar is absorbed through the bowel lumen before the bowel bacteria, yeasts or fungi get it. Human enzymes can not break down polysaccharides; we don't produce the enzymes to do so. Certain bacteria can however, and they use the sugar they pull off the molecule, producing, in the case of prebiotic bacteria for example, short-chain fatty acids. There is no waste sugar to escape to your system. Cellulose is a polysaccharide, so is FOS, and so is Inulin. Like the acemannans, they are indigestible by the human frame. regards, There will only be calories in a product with mono or disaccharides
in it if your enzymes get to it first, and IF the sugar is absorbed
through the bowel lumen before the bowel bacteria, yeasts or fungi
get it.

Human enzymes can not break down polysaccharides; we don’t produce
the enzymes to do so. Certain bacteria can however, and they use the
sugar they pull off the molecule, producing, in the case of prebiotic
bacteria for example, short-chain fatty acids. There is no waste
sugar to escape to your system.

Cellulose is a polysaccharide, so is FOS, and so is Inulin. Like the
acemannans, they are indigestible by the human frame.

regards,

]]> By: John Smith http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2005/09/13/pure-fiber-zero-calories-pasta-recipes/#comment-11190 John Smith Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:00:15 +0000 http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2005/09/13/pure-fiber-zero-calories-pasta-recipes/#comment-11190 Why do we keep getting this same recipe over and over? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Why do we keep getting this same recipe over and over?

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