EFECTO ADVERSO EN LA CALIDAD PROTEICA DE LOS ALIMENTOS DE DIETAS CON ALTO CONTENIDO DE FIBRA DIETARIA

modern diet tends to change eating habits and there is a tendency to consume more processed foods. these changes in eating habits towards more consumption of processed food, and the recognized benefic effects of dietary fiber by consumers, tend to increase the number of "high fiber" foods in the market. although the beneficial effects of dietary fiber on human health is widely recognized, this increased consumption of dietary fiber may also have adverse effects on digestion, absorption and utilization offood proteins. research in the past has shown that the consumption of high dietary fiber diets have an adverse effect on certain indicators of protein quality. therefore it becomes very important to study the physicochemical properties of the various sources of dietary fiber, as well as the presence of other factors, associated to the fibrous fraction, in their possible negative influence on the protein quality of rich dietary fiber diets.