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- Small intestine New World Encyclopedia
- Stomach Inner Body
- Chamley CA, 2005 Developmental Anatomy and Physiology of Children: A Practical Approach, p.193
Stomach Capacity and Intestinal Length
Stomach Capacity
Approximate stomach capacity (storage volume) by age [9]:
- Newborn at birth: 10-20 mL
- 1 week: 30-90 mL
- 1 month: 90-150 mL
- 1 year: 200-350 mL
- 2 years: 500 mL
- 10 years: 750-900 mL
- 16 years: 1,500 mL
- Adult: 1.5-3 or up to 4 liters of food [1,2,5,8,9].
Individuals with a binge eating disorder have greater than average stomach capacity [3].
The Length of the Intestine
Approximate length of the intestine in the adult is 7.5-8.5 meters [4,7]:
- Small intestine: 6-7 m
- Duodenum: 25-50 cm
- Jejunum: 2-3 m
- Ileum: 3-4 m
- Large intestine: 150 cm
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- Isomaltose
- Isomaltulose
- Lactose
- Maltose
- Mannose
- Sucrose
- Tagatose
- Trehalose
- Trehalulose
- Xylose
- Erythritol
- Glycerol
- Hydrogenated starch hydrolysates (HSH)
- Inositol
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- Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO)
- Isomalto-oligosaccharides (IMO)
- Maltotriose
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- SOLUBLE FIBER:
- Acacia (arabic) gum
- Agar-agar
- Algin-alginate
- Arabynoxylan
- Beta-glucan
- Beta mannan
- Carageenan gum
- Carob or locust bean gum
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- Hemicellulose
- Inulin
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- Pectin
- Polydextrose
- Psyllium husk mucilage
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- Tara gum
- Tragacanth gum
- Xanthan gum
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- Cellulose
- Chitin and chitosan
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- Monounsaturated
- Polyunsaturated
- Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs)
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- Very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs)
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- Vitamin B1 - Thiamine
- Vitamin B2 - Riboflavin
- Vitamin B3 - Niacin
- Vitamin B5 - Pantothenic acid
- Vitamin B6 - Pyridoxine
- Vitamin B7 - Biotin
- Vitamin B9 - Folic acid
- Vitamin B12 - Cobalamin
- Choline
- Vitamin C - Ascorbic acid
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- Vitamin E - Tocopherol
- Vitamin K - Phylloquinone
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