Tag: Insoluble Fiber

  • Dietary Fiber: Essential for Healthy Life

    Dietary Fiber: Essential for Healthy Life

    Dietary fiber is non-digestible carbohydrate that passes through the small intestine without digestion or absorption however, it passes through the large intestine with partial or complete fermentation.     Fiber is commonly classified as soluble and insoluble, depending upon its solubility in water. The amount of soluble and insoluble fiber varies in different plant foods. Soluble…