Research on the Mechanism of Grain Dietary Fiber Slowing Down Starch Digestibility

Both starch and dietary fiber, which are important nutrients in cereals, and are beneficial to human health. The digestion rate and digestibility of starch is a key factor affecting postprandial blood glucose in diabetic patients. Dietary fiber, that is a nutrient content, has been not easily digested by small intestine, and has the effect of slowing down the digestion of starch, has received much attention in recent years. In this study, the effects of dietary fiber on starch digestibility has been reviewed, and the mechanisms of dietary fiber on starch digestibility from three aspects: reducing amylolysis kinetics, delaying gastric emptying by viscosity of dietary fiber, physical embedding of starch by dietary fiber and wrapping starch with intact cell wall has been summarized, in order to provide a theoretical basis for the subsequent design and production of low glycemic index (GI) foods.