Quick Orientation
Section
Definition
- Objective
- Understand the core idea
- Keywords
- Dietary fibre, 30 g fibre
Classification of Dietary Fibre
- Objective
- Separate the major categories
- Keywords
- Classification of Dietary Fibre
Sources of Dietary Fibre
- Objective
- Learn the main facts and relationships
- Keywords
- Sources of Dietary Fibre
Clinical Correlation
- Objective
- Connect the mechanism to clinical findings
- Keywords
- Excess fibre intake
Definition
Dietary fibre: complex carbohydrates not digested by human intestinal enzymes; once regarded as nutritional waste, now recognised as important to health.