Content: The physiology of the intestinal absorption of sugars / Robert K. Crane -- Metabolic effects of dietary carbohydrates : a review / Sheldon Reiser -- Factors influencing adipose tissue response to food carbohydrates / Dale R. Romsos and Gilbert A. Leveille -- Benefits of dietary fructose in alleviating the human stress response / J. Daniel Palm -- The metabolism of infused maltose and other sugars / Eleanor A. Young and Elliot Weser -- The metabolism of lactose and galactose / R. Gaurth Hansen and Richard Gitzelmann -- Metabolism and physiological effects of the polyols (alditols)/ Oscar Touster -- Metabolism and physiological effects of the pentoses and uronic acids / Oscar Touster -- Role of carbohydrates in dental caries / William H. Bowen -- The role of trace elements in human nutrition and metabolism / R.W. Tuman and R.J. Doisy -- Oligosaccharides of the small intestinal brush border / Gary M. Gray -- Lactose intolerance and lactose hydrolyzed milk / David M. Paige, Theodore M. Bayless, Shi-Shung Huang, and Richard Wexler -- Oligosaccharides of food legumes : alpha-galactosidase activity and the flatus problem / Joseph J. Rackis -- The lysosomal [alpha]-glucosidases of mammalian tissues / Barbara I. Brown, Allen K. Murray, and David H. Brown -- Enzymes of glycogen metabolism and their control / Harold L. Segal -- [Alpha]-amylase inhibitors from plants / J. John Marshall -- The physiological effects of alginates and xanthan gum / W.H. McNeely and Peter Kovacs -- Physiological effects of carrageenan / Dimitri J. Stancioff and Donald W. Renn -- Physiological effects of mannans, galactomannans, and glucomannans / S.E. Davis and B.A. Lewis -- Metabolism and physiological effects of pectins / Wanda L. Chenoweth and Gilbert A. Leveille -- The physiological effects of dietary fiber / James Scala -- Digestibility of food polysaccharides by man : a review / Allene Jeanes.