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and all legumes are good sources of resistant starch and non-starch
carbohydrates that our intestinal bacteria can convert into SCFAs.


Other Digestive-Health Nutrients


The process of digestion and absorption is a complicated one that
involves dozens of different cell types, dozens of different enzymes,
the movement of smooth muscles around our intestines, and the
trigger of these muscles by our nerves. It’s literally impossible to
name a single vitamin or mineral that does not play a role either di-
rectly or indirectly in some aspect of digestive health. For this rea-
son, foods with the greatest concentration of nutrients and greatest
variety of nutrients are optimal for digestive support. The World’s
Healthiest Foods fit this description exactly because they have all
been chosen on the basis of nutrient-richness. They provide our
digestivetract with all of necessary nutrients, while at the same
time avoiding putting pressure on the digestive tract to work unduly
hard.


World’s Healthiest Foods Promote Digestive Health
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