Why is it essential to get plenty of fiber?
Dietary fibres are carbohydrate polymers,mainly of plant origin. These edible carbohydrates, of very heterogeneous origin and chemical composition, cannot be digested or absorbed in the human small intestine. They therefore pass intact into the colon, where they are fermented by the intestinal microbiota. This fermentation leads to the production ofshort-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) such as … Read more