Fibers are very good for humans
Dietary fiber, also known as roughage or bulk, includes the parts of plant foods your body can't digest or absorb. Unlike other food components, such as fats, proteins or carbohydrates — which your body breaks down and absorbs — fiber isn't digested by your body. Instead, it passes relatively intact through your stomach, small intestine and colon and out of your body.
Fiber is commonly classified as soluble, which dissolves in water, or insoluble, which doesn't dissolve.
- Soluble fiber. This type of fiber dissolves in water to form a gel-like material. It can help lower blood cholesterol and glucose levels. Soluble fiber is found in oats, peas, beans, apples, citrus fruits, carrots, barley and psyllium.
- Insoluble fiber. This type of fiber promotes the movement of material through your digestive system and increases stool bulk,Therefore both kinds of fibres are very useful for many reasons ,Why?
High intake of dietary fibers provide protection against certain gastrointestinal diseases, constipation, hemorrhoids, colon cancer, gastroesophageal reflux disease, duodenal ulcer, diverticulitis, obesity, diabetes, stroke, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.
Article Health effects of dietary fiber
Article Health benefits of dietary fiber
Fibres in diet is useful for stomach.and should be added in diet, t is now well-established that dietary fibre reaches the large intestine and is fermented by the colonic microflora with the production of short chain fatty acids (SCFA), hydrogen, carbon dioxide and biomass. This fermentative process dominates human large bowel function and provides a means whereby energy is obtained from carbohydrates not digested in the small bowel, therefore fibres are added as drugs or as vegetables or fruits,.
The fibers are very important in diet programs. They protect stomach from gastrointestinal diseases. Also they protect colon from colon cancer.
Dear yehya ,thankyou for good answer for colon health,and stomach,fibres are good for the following points. What Illnesses Can Fiber Help Prevent?
- Heart Disease. Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in America, and a high fiber diet aids in lowering cholesterol. ...
- Colon Cancer. ...
- Diabetes. ...
- Chronic Constipation. ...
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome. ...
- Hemorrhoids. ...
- Fecal Incontinence. ...
- Duodenal Ulcer.
Fibres are good for ulcers,or peoples that get ulcers in stomach or colon,
High fiber intake is associated with reduced risk of colorectal and breast cancer.
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Yes, dear Dr. Tareq, I totally agree with you. Fibers in food are good for protection from colon cancer, diabetes, ulcer, chronic constipation, irritable bowel syndrome and hemorrhoids.
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It is good for health and act as a bulk purgative .
Dr Kamath Madhusudhana
Many studies proved that Fibers help to feel fuller for longer improve cholesterol and blood sugar levels and can assist in preventing some diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and bowel cancer.
Hi every one
fibre its good for health and improved normal flora in the body
Dietary fiber increases the abundance of the gut microbiota, which have various positive effects on health.
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Fibres is very useful for diabetics ,irritated colon or other diseases that need diet full of fibres,
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