Microbiota-accessible carbohydrates
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Microbiota-accessible carbohydrates
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Microbiota-accessible carbohydrates (MACs) are carbohydrates that are resistant to digestion by a host's metabolism, and are made available for gut microbes, as prebiotics, to ferment or metabolize into beneficial compounds, such as short chain fatty acids. The term, ‘‘microbiota-accessible carbohydrate’’ contributes to a conceptual framework for investigating and discussing the amount of metabolic activity that a specific food or carbohydrate can contribute to a host's microbiota. MACs may come
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbiota-accessible_carbohydrates
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2021-10-11T19:55:15Z
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