What Is the Meaning of a Resistant Starch

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Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of a resistant starch?

• A)A fiber that escapes digestion in the small intestine
• B)A disaccharide that passes completely through the GI tract intact
• C)An insoluble fiber that is only partly degraded by gastric acid and pepsin
• D)A complex formed between phytic acid and cellulose that inhibits hydrolysis of digestible polysaccharides

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Definitions:

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