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  2. As Gut Health Issues Rise, Fiber Supplements Are ... - AOL

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    FYI: Fiber plays a key role in your body. Quick refresher: Fiber is a category of carbohydrate that the body can’t fully digest. There are two types of fiber, soluble and insoluble.

  3. A gut-health scientist who's also a dietitian and trained ...

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    Fiber helps fuel the "good" microbes in the gut, which influence overall health. Emily Leeming, a gut-health scientist and chef, snacks on dark chocolate and fruit.

  4. Fiber Might Be Your New Best Friend If You’re Taking Ozempic

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    "Both types of fiber are essential for maintaining regularity and digestive health," she explains. Unfortunately, fiber won’t help with nausea if you happen to experience it while taking Ozempic ...

  5. Dietary fiber - Wikipedia

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    Dietary fiber is defined to be plant components that are not broken down by human digestive enzymes. [1] In the late 20th century, only lignin and some polysaccharides were known to satisfy this definition, but in the early 21st century, resistant starch and oligosaccharides were included as dietary fiber components.

  6. Human nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Fiber has three primary mechanisms, which in general determine their health impact: bulking, viscosity and fermentation. [39] Fiber provides bulk to the intestinal contents, and insoluble fiber facilitates peristalsis – the rhythmic muscular contractions of the intestines which move contents along the digestive tract.

  7. Fibre supplements - Wikipedia

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    Fibre supplements (also spelled fiber supplements) are considered to be a form of a subgroup of functional dietary fibre, and in the United States are defined by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). According to the IOM, functional fibre "consists of isolated, non-digestible carbohydrates that have beneficial physiological effects in humans".