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adj. - Unable to be converted (food) into absorbable form.

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  • Asparagus also contains inulin, a non-digestible carbohydrate that's beneficial to the friendly bacteria in your digestive system.
  • Splenda is marketed as being “non-digestible”, yet in all patients in clinical trial metabolized at least 15% of this molecule, with some up to 85%.
  • When a fat smokes in frying, it "breaks down," that is, its chemical composition is changed; part of its altered composition becomes a non-digestible and irritating...
  • The effects of these plastics are twofold: Not only do they fill the stomachs of the fish with non-digestible material, much of which will never be excreted, thereby...
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