Nutrition
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 434-435 , May 2007

Fiber can make your gut grow

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PII: S0899-9007(07)00096-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2006.10.010

Nutrition
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 434-435 , May 2007

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