What's the difference between indigestible and unpalatable?

Indigestible


Definition:

  • (a.) Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for absorption.
  • (a.) Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; as, an indigestible simile.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Duodenal DM flow was estimated with the indigestible markers, Cr-mordanted cell wall, Yb-soaked whole crop oat silage, and Co-EDTA.
  • (2) Our results demonstrate that in both diabetics and in controls the gastric emptying of digestible and indigestible solids occurs during the same phase of gastric motor activity, i.e.
  • (3) The symptoms of anaemia and indigestion appear to be paramount in making an early diagnosis, and negative barium meal studies should not be accepted when these two symptoms are present.
  • (4) Two dairy cows fitted with rumen cannulas and closed T-shaped duodenal cannulas were utilized to examine duodenal cannula function and indigestible marker performance.
  • (5) The parenchyma located close to the sclerenchyma became indigestible as the cell walls lignified progressively from the third stage.
  • (6) The objectives of the present study were to evaluate gastric and small bowel transit times of an indigestible solid matrix and to characterize the specific changes in intraluminal pH as a function of transit time through the gastrointestinal tract.
  • (7) Until recently these labels consisted of biologically indigestible carbohydrates attached to a radioactive reporter molecule.
  • (8) In 23 cows suffering from a secondary indigestion, in most cases with septicaemia, the syndrome of functional pyloric stenosis or vagal indigestion developed.
  • (9) Increased secretion of type 2 alveolocytes as well as participation of type 1 alveolocytes and macrophages in surfactant secretion were established in the course of intratracheal administration of indigestible mineral particles--natural zeolites to white male rats.
  • (10) The most common approach was an in-house medical kit with instructions emphasizing self treatment of the common ailments of travellers such as motion sickness, sleeplessness, diarrhoea, indigestion and headaches.
  • (11) Man, when acting in the role of the final host, often exhibits severe symptoms of indigestion.
  • (12) Electron-microscopic studies illustrate that the indigestible residue still has a preserved membrane structure.
  • (13) Dietary fiber is a highly interacting dietary component and is made up of a wide variety of enzyme-indigestible polymers: cellulose, pectins, gums, mucilages, lignin, and water-insoluble hemicelluloses.
  • (14) The effects of manipulation of the quantity and quality of protein, fat, and indigestible residues (fiber) of the diet will be described together with their possible implications for toxicity of ingested compounds.
  • (15) The Heidelberg capsule is an indigestible indicator of gastrointestinal pH, which was used to evaluate the relationship between gastric residence time (GRT) and variability in aspirin absorption from enteric-coated tablets.
  • (16) But when Ensler began passing blood five years ago, and her stomach distended, and she suffered terrible indigestion, and felt nauseous, she decided not to pay attention.
  • (17) This is a better survival rate than that reported for other causes of vagal indigestion.
  • (18) As compared with younger Rs, older respondents perceived intestinal flu to be relatively less serious-but earache, sprained toe, indigestion, having a tooth filled, stiff neck, and hangover to be relatively more serious.
  • (19) Surgery of the forestomach compartments is performed in bovine practices for the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases, including traumatic reticuloperitonitis, perireticular abscess, vagal indigestion, and grain overload.
  • (20) Spot samples of digesta were collected from duodenum and ileum during 96 h, and lanthanum was an indigestible marker to estimate flow and digestibility of nutrients.

Unpalatable


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) While these results do not rule out effects of DHEA on metabolic rate or lipogenesis, they do indicate that the unpalatability of DHEA-adulterated diets may be a contributing factor in the observed effects on food intake and body weight.
  • (2) Their partner may be ready to play that role, but accepting support can feel unpalatable to the person suffering and they often start to pull away.
  • (3) Prevention must be the ultimate goal but while awaiting effective vaccines we must be content with the traditional dietary advice and its often unpalatable and unacceptable restrictions.
  • (4) We haven’t ascertained how much of the forests it has taken over, but a significant portion may in reality be unpalatable weeds and effectively unusable from an elephant’s perspective.
  • (5) However the sterols were not unpalatable since diets containing them were not rejected in favor of control diet.
  • (6) Democrats are planning to highlight what they see as the Republican party’s unpalatable views on immigration over the weekend, sending “trackers” to monitor the event in search of further gaffes from potential candidates.
  • (7) A €78bn bailout package was agreed- with the same unpalatable medicine alongside .
  • (8) In the case of the bigger companies with an interest in clean technology, such as General Electric and Siemens, low-carbon products form only a small part of their overall portfolio, which means investors in them are also backing technologies they may find unpalatable, such as fossil fuel power generation and nuclear energy.
  • (9) "C an vegans stomach the unpalatable truth about quinoa?," thunders the headline of a recent Guardian piece .
  • (10) Essential oils were isolated from eight plant species which were relatively unpalatable to sheep and deer.
  • (11) "If we can be involved with other people in reducing [the number of abortions], then that fits with our charitable objectives and I don't think is unpalatable to anyone else, regardless of their position on when life begins."
  • (12) Brand identifies "almost a desperation to make [comedy] more unpalatable than it was before".
  • (13) We conclude that grooming can be directed to minimize the ingestion of noxious substances, but that such ingestion is not sufficiently reduced to affect the efficacy of grooming as a delivery method for unpalatable substances (e.g., rodenticides, chemosterilants).
  • (14) Having watched the IICSA unpalatable circus stumble and lurch from crisis to crisis … it no longer matters whether we think the inquiry is just another stitch-up because it is clearly a botch job that needs a drastic overhaul if it is ever to achieve its initial objectives,” he said in a statement.
  • (15) The taste reactivity test was employed to assess the effect of pimozide pretreatment on rats' hedonic responsiveness to palatable and unpalatable tastants.
  • (16) Although humans frequently develop preferences for innately unpalatable bitter or irritant substances, such preferences are extremely rare in animals.
  • (17) Because any one of these ingredients are unpalatable when administered alone, their effect was determined by serially deleting or doubling their content in the basal semisynthetic meal.
  • (18) Hopson believes nless politicians think more ambitiously, and confront the inescapable demands caused by changing medical need, they will soon face unpalatable options, he warns.
  • (19) By reducing disruptive patient behavior (crying, screaming children whose peripheral and gross motor movements often make direct contact with the dentist or his equipment) the most unpalatable aspect of pediatric dentistry is minimized.
  • (20) Other cells exhibited more phasic patterns of response lasting 1-2 sec to 2 or more tastants, including unpalatable acid and quinine.

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