Biochemistry · Nutrition and Metabolic Integration

Dietary fibre and health

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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.