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Amazing Benefits of Dietary Fibre

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Dietary fibre is also popularly known as roughage. It is the digestible part of plant food that cannot be broken down into smaller pieces by human digestive enzymes. Fibre is an essential nutrient in our food intake. It reduces the rate of heart diseases and diabetes. The dietary fibre is mainly present in vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains etc. Fibre is a complex carbohydrate. It does not add calories to the diet since dietary fibres contain no meat, dairy or sugars. Types of Dietary Fibre There are two types of dietary fibre Soluble dietary fibre (Soluble dietary fibre is a type of...