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Essence Of Fibre In Human Diet: A Discuss
ABSTRACT:
Fibre as an important component of food had been relegated to the background in the time past by the nutritionists because it does not undergo digestion into smaller absorbable forms by the human digestive enzymes. However, recent findings have indicated its importance in the maintenance of health and in Disease Control. The paper discusses the importance in the importance of fibre in human diet from the perspectives of a Nutritionist and Food Technologist. It highlights the sources of fibre in the diet, its chemical composition, some of the physical properties as well as the inherent problems associated with high fibre are also discussed in the paper. The paper concludes on a note of caution against the use of dietary fibre as a drug to cure diseases but emphasizes the place of balanced diet in the maintenance of health.
Keywords: Dietary fibre, crude fibre, Insoluble Dietary fibre, Soluble Dietary fibre, LDL- Cholesterol (i.e. Low Density Lipoprotein- cholesterol).
REFERENCE: Management Science And Technology Journal
Corresponding author: I.O. ONIGBOGI
Publisher: Management Science And Technology Journal
School: Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ojere, Abeokuta. Ogun State. Nigeria.
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