What is the best definition of 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
e. a monosaccharide that forms an insoluble bond with polysaccharides
ANS: A
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a. true b. false
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