Dietary Carbohydrate Chemistry, Nutrition, and Utilization

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Dear Colleagues,

The topic issue “Dietary Carbohydrate Chemistry, Nutrition, and Utilization” focuses on the essential role of carbohydrates in human health and their diverse impacts. This issue invites submissions exploring the balance between glycemic and non-glycemic carbohydrates, emphasizing their implications for food production, gut health, and long-term well-being. Key areas of interest include the chemistry, digestion, and health benefits of carbohydrates such as resistant starch, human milk oligosaccharides, beta-glucans, and other non-starch polysaccharides. We welcome manuscripts addressing carbohydrate metabolism, glycemic response mechanisms, prebiotic effects, and innovative approaches to utilizing carbohydrates in food systems. Research on carbohydrate structure–function relationships, in vitro and clinical investigations, and their role in preventing and managing diseases is particularly encouraged. This issue aims to provide a comprehensive resource for researchers, nutritionists, dieticians, and food scientists advancing knowledge of carbohydrate nutrition and its application in promoting human health. We look forward to your valuable contributions to this exciting field.

Prof. Dr. Bin Zhang
Prof. Dr. Lijun Sun
Dr. Zhuqing Xie
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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Dietetics dietetics	-	-	2022	42.5 Days	CHF 1000	Submit
Foods foods	4.7	7.4	2012	14.5 Days	CHF 2900	Submit
Nutrients nutrients	4.8	9.2	2009	13.5 Days	CHF 2900	Submit

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Gestational Inulin Supplementation in Low-/High-Fat Sow Diets: Effects on Growth Performance, Lipid Metabolism, and Meat Quality of Offspring Pigs

by Pan Zhou, Yachao Wu, Jianbo Shen, Tao Duan, Long Che, Yong Zhang, Yang Zhao and Honglin Yan

Foods 2025, 14(8), 1314; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14081314 - 10 Apr 2025

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This study investigated whether the supplementation of prebiotic inulin to gestating sows programmatically affects offspring growth performance and meat quality while exploring its epigenetic effects through histone acetylation modulation. After mating, sixty multiparous sows (Landrace × Yorkshire; parity 2–3) were assigned to a [...] Read more.

This study investigated whether the supplementation of prebiotic inulin to gestating sows programmatically affects offspring growth performance and meat quality while exploring its epigenetic effects through histone acetylation modulation. After mating, sixty multiparous sows (Landrace × Yorkshire; parity 2–3) were assigned to a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement with inulin (0% vs. 1.5%) and fat (0% or 5%) supplementation until farrowing. Post-weaning, five litters (10 piglets per litter) per treatment were selected and maintained in their original litter for fattening under standardized feeding. The results demonstrated that maternal inulin supplementation during gestation accomplished the following: (1) Increased offspring liver index by 13.4% at weaning and 6.8% at finishing (p < 0.05) while reducing the finishing-phase backfat thickness by 11.6% (p < 0.01), with a significant inulin × fat interaction attenuating fat-induced abdominal lipid accumulation at weaning (p = 0.05). (2) Decreased longissimus dorsi muscle lightness (L*) by 4.5% in finishing pigs (p = 0.02) without altering the other meat quality parameters. (3) Suppressed offspring liver lipid deposition at birth and finishing (p < 0.05), concomitant with upregulated hepatic PGC-1α and CPT1A expression (p < 0.05). (4) Elevated neonatal serum butyrate by 15.6% (p = 0.06) while inhibiting hepatic histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity and enhancing histone H3/H4 acetylation (p < 0.01). These findings suggest that maternal inulin supplementation during gestation mitigates offspring hepatic lipid deposition through butyrate-mediated epigenetic regulation, where microbial-derived butyrate from inulin fermentation inhibits HDAC activity, enhances histone acetylation levels, and upregulates fatty acid β-oxidation gene expression. This study provides novel mechanistic insights into how maternal dietary fiber nutrition programs offspring development through epigenetic reprogramming. Full article

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