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Current
definition of dietary fibres created by AACC (American Association of
Cereal Chemists) sounds: "Dietary fiber is the edible
parts of plants or analogous carbohydrates that are
resistant to digestion and absorption in the human small intestine with
complete
or partial fermentation in the large intestine.
Dietary fiber includes polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, lignin, and associated
plants
substances. Dietary fibers promote beneficial
physiological effects including laxation, and/or blood cholesterol
attenuation, and/or
blood glucose attenuation
Nutritionists recommend to eat about 30-40 grams of
fibre daily, while on average we eat only 15 grams. You can cover missing
volume by changing your diet. Eating high amounts of
food rich in ballast substances reduces risk and frequency of appearance of
many diseases and pathological conditions such as
arteriosclerosis, diabetes, lingering proctostasis and some kinds of
cancer.
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