the FDA defines dietary fiber as: "Nonstarch polysaccharides and lignin that are not digested by enzymes in the small intestine. Dietary fiber typically refers to nondigestable carbohydrates from plant foods."
that sounds a lot to me like it includes SF & IF. so how can a food have 0 dietary fiber and still have SF?
in another chart, listing sources of dietary fiber, skinless sweetpotato, bananas, and other SF foods from the diet are listed, so it really seems like the nutrition labels are counting SF & IF. (there's also a comparison of DF in whole wheat & white flour - for 100g, 12g in whole wheat, 3 in white. so i guess there is some in white bread, if just a very small amount.)
i really think that although white bread is not a simple-carbohydrate food, it's mostly starch (which is a polysaccharide, right?), but not SF.
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jaime
ibs-a (mostly d) // vegetarian
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