Fiber, dietary stomach

Constipation is the most common adverse reaction it can be treated with increased water intake, dietary fiber (given separately from calcium), and exercise. Calcium carbonate can create gas, sometimes causing flatulence or upset stomach. 

For instance, the fat binding ability of chitosan has wide scope. However, the mechanism of interaction between chitosan and fat is not well understood and has not been proved clinically. Research is still under way for several potential dietary or clinical applications for chitosan to be used as a soluble dietary fiber and as a means to retard emptying of the stomach and create a sense of satiety. Potentials such as alteration of bile acid composition are still unknown, leaving a wide gap in many important fields where chitosan is to be utilized. 

Suppose you have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch. Digestion of starch from the bread begins as you chew and continues in your stomach. It is completed in the small intestine, where sugars from the jelly are also converted to monosaccharides. The indigestible carbohydrates (dietary fiber) from the bread and peanut butter pass unchanged through the small and large intestines. 

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