The importance of high fiber foods for good health What is fibre rich food? Dietary fibre is parts of plant food that the body can not digest. Indigestible carbohydrates, lignin, a resistant starch portion of food from plants. Fibres provide less energy than other nutrients because they can not absorb completely in the body. Our body can not digest or absorb fibres in the small intestine. Fibre also is known as roughage or bulk. We get fibre only from plant foods. Meat, fishes, and dairy products are deficient in fibre. It passes intact from our body. Fibre is an important part of a balanced diet. But most of the people do not eat fibre rich food in the proper amount. At least everyone adds 30 gm of fibre in their daily diet. Mechanism of action Dietary fibre acts through three mechanism- bulking, viscosity, fermentation. Bulking fibres They absorb water and increase the bulk of stool. Soluble (psyllium)and insoluble fibre ( cellulose and hemicelluloses) Viscous
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