Dietary fiber is actually becoming increasingly fashionable as their properties and benefits are not limited to helping us better go to the bathroom.
What is fiber?
Dietary fiber is located within the family of carbohydrates and gain through food. A curious about other nutrients (in addition to their property or profits) is that it does not add calories.
Types of dietary fiber
There are two classes or types of dietary fiber:
* Insoluble Fiber. Among the foods rich in insoluble fiber include fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains. The cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin and resistant starch are insoluble dietary fiber. (more…)